Chapter 4 of Lady Luck is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lady Luck is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Memphis, let me miss you! Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz! Lily, le's go! Git in step! C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
Chapter 4 of Lady Luck is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
From this reading “Git in step!”
plural of “horn” — a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading “C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."”
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
From this reading “Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!”
plural of “jerk” — a dull stupid fatuous person
From this reading “C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."”
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading “Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “Lily, le's go!”
largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
From this reading “"Memphis, let me miss you!”
inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading “Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!”
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From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
From this reading Git in step!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Lily, le's go!
a farewell remark
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
plural of “horn” — a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Git in step!
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
plural of “jerk” — a dull stupid fatuous person
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily, le's go!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Memphis, let me miss you!
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading Lily, le's go!
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Memphis, let me miss you!
largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
From this reading "Memphis, let me miss you!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Memphis, let me miss you!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading Git in step!
inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading Feet, see kin you trod de good-bye jazz!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C'm on heah befo' Ah jerks yo' head loose f'm yo' horns."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Memphis, let me miss you!
Chapter 4 of Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 164 sentences of Lady Luck, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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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