Chapter 4 of In a Yellow Wood is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of In a Yellow Wood is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Richard Kuppelton nodded. “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once. Me, I live with all my family in Queens. We all live there. I wish sometimes that I lived alone.”
Chapter 4 of In a Yellow Wood is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a social unit living together
From this reading “Me, I live with all my family in Queens.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Me, I live with all my family in Queens.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I wish sometimes that I lived alone.””
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Richard Kuppelton nodded.”
a borough of New York City
From this reading “Me, I live with all my family in Queens.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “I wish sometimes that I lived alone.””
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading ““That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I wish sometimes that I lived alone.””
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
In this reading “Me, I live with all my family in Queens.”
In this reading “We all live there.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I wish sometimes that I lived alone.”
a social unit living together
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Richard Kuppelton nodded.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I wish sometimes that I lived alone.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Richard Kuppelton nodded.
on one occasion
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
a borough of New York City
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
To recall to mind.
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Richard Kuppelton nodded.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading I wish sometimes that I lived alone.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We all live there.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all live there.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish sometimes that I lived alone.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Me, I live with all my family in Queens.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That’s right, I remember your telling me that once.
Chapter 4 of In a Yellow Wood by Gore Vidal holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 4 holds 432 sentences of In a Yellow Wood, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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