Chapter 9 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate. It was so ridiculous! She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh. Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen. The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
Chapter 9 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.”
fall in drops
From this reading “The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.”
spoken with emphasis
From this reading “The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.”
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
From this reading “She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.”
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading “The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.”
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading “It was so ridiculous!”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
fall in drops
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
spoken with emphasis
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
come to pass
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
an instinctive motive
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
the sound of laughing
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
and nothing more
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
being perceived or observed
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
Chapter 9 of Love of Life, and Other Stories by Jack London holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 224 sentences of Love of Life, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Love of Life, and Other Stories by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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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