Chapter 10 of King Coal is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of King Coal is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He was amazed at her strength. He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion. She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh. “Have ye no more sense than a woman? Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
Chapter 10 of King Coal is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “He was amazed at her strength.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.”
any strong feeling
From this reading “He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.”
unpleasantly stern
From this reading “She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.”
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading “She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!””
intensity or forcefulness of expression
From this reading “He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.”
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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 She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
in addition
From this reading He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
any strong feeling
From this reading He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.
divisible by two
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
unpleasantly stern
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
not any; not one
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was calling him a crazy fool, and names even more harsh.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Running into the mouth of a revolver like that!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.
intensity or forcefulness of expression
From this reading He was amazed also at the vehemence of her emotion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was amazed at her strength.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Have ye no more sense than a woman?
Chapter 10 of King Coal by Upton Sinclair holds 411 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 10 holds 411 sentences of King Coal, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of King Coal by Upton Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 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.
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