Chapter 7 of Manhattan Transfer is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Manhattan Transfer is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud. “It sure is.... Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.” “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.” “Don’t rub it in.
Chapter 7 of Manhattan Transfer is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading ““Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.””
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading “Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.””
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.””
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading ““Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.””
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading ““Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.””
move over something with pressure
From this reading ““Don’t rub it in.”
On the present night.
From this reading ““Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t rub it in.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Don’t rub it in.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It sure is....
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It sure is....
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
move over something with pressure
From this reading “Don’t rub it in.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “It sure is....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
On the present night.
From this reading “Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Varm tonight,” said Madame Rigaud.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Norah we ought to have gone down to the Island instead of bummin round this town.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Billy you know why we couldn’t go perfectly well.”
Chapter 7 of Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 419 sentences of Manhattan Transfer, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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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