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Chapter 11 of Ladies and Gentlemen is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What about this Samson person?" "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised. "This looks to me like a good loafing place." We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded: * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
Chapter 11 of Ladies and Gentlemen is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
the act of putting something in working order again
From this reading “"I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.”
-ing form of “gouge” — force with the thumb
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
From this reading “"What about this Samson person?"”
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
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In this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
In this reading “We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "What about this Samson person?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
the act of putting something in working order again
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
-ing form of “gouge” — force with the thumb
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
and nothing more
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
having no employment
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
a human being
From this reading "What about this Samson person?"
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "This looks to me like a good loafing place."
past form of “proceed” — continue talking
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
From this reading "What about this Samson person?"
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
express in words
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What about this Samson person?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What about this Samson person?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading We reposed side by side on a lichened log with our toes gouging the green moss, and he rolled a cigarette and proceeded:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'm fixing to tell you," he promised.
Chapter 11 of Ladies and Gentlemen by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 11 holds 404 sentences of Ladies and Gentlemen, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Ladies and Gentlemen by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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