Chapter 8 of Humoresque is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Humoresque is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words. "Gee! Ain't I the nut to--to cry? I--I'll be all right in a minute." "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
Chapter 8 of Humoresque is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading “"I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.”
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading “Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.”
past form of “flow” — move or progress freely as if in a stream
From this reading “Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.”
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading “"Gee!”
usually large hard-shelled seed
From this reading “Ain't I the nut to--to cry?”
very good
From this reading “"I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.”
the charred portion of a candlewick
From this reading “"I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.”
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
From this reading “Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I--I'll be all right in a minute."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I--I'll be all right in a minute."
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
past form of “flow” — move or progress freely as if in a stream
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading "Gee!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I--I'll be all right in a minute."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading I--I'll be all right in a minute."
usually large hard-shelled seed
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
above and across; more than
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
very good
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I--I'll be all right in a minute."
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
the charred portion of a candlewick
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ain't I the nut to--to cry?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
at the time that
From this reading "I knew when I seen them red eyes the little Peachy wasn't up to snuff, and her cute little devilishlike ways.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading Her wraith of a smile dissolved in a spurt of hot tears which flowed over her words.
Chapter 8 of Humoresque by Fannie Hurst holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 8 holds 413 sentences of Humoresque, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Humoresque by Fannie Hurst exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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About 557 minutes of reading across 1338 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Humoresque section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Humoresque, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
