Chapter 9 of Lady Luck is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Lady Luck is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile. "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you? Police folks, good-bye. Lily, 'tenshun! Come on heah.
Chapter 9 of Lady Luck is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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increased in extent or size or bulk or scope
From this reading “The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.”
your parents
From this reading “Police folks, good-bye.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Police folks, good-bye.”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “Lily, 'tenshun!”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “Police folks, good-bye.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.”
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
From this reading “The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.”
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In this reading “The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.”
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
increased in extent or size or bulk or scope
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
your parents
From this reading Police folks, good-bye.
a farewell remark
From this reading Police folks, good-bye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come on heah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading Lily, 'tenshun!
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Come on heah.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Police folks, good-bye.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
the rays of the sun
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily, 'tenshun!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
From this reading The Wildcat expanded in the sunlight of Lady Luck's smile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Lady Luck, how come I doubt you?
Chapter 9 of Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 9 holds 78 sentences of Lady Luck, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 16 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 16 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 344 minutes of reading across 827 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Lady Luck section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Lady Luck, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
