Chapter 8 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I certainly did." "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!" "I don't know!" I replied, looking at him sharply. "Perhaps it was.
Chapter 8 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “"I certainly did."”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “"Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “I replied, looking at him sharply.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"”
by chance
From this reading “"Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I replied, looking at him sharply.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “I replied, looking at him sharply.”
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.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I replied, looking at him sharply.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "I certainly did."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I certainly did."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know!"
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I replied, looking at him sharply.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I certainly did."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I don't know!"
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading I replied, looking at him sharply.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
by chance
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading I replied, looking at him sharply.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading I replied, looking at him sharply.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Perhaps it was myself you heard then, miss!"
Chapter 8 of It Pays to Smile by Nina Wilcox Putnam 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 It Pays to Smile, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of It Pays to Smile by Nina Wilcox Putnam 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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