Chapter 7 of Men without women is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Men without women is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“It’s bad.” “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.” “Put some water in that,” I said. Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed. Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
Chapter 7 of Men without women is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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being one more than ten
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after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading ““You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.””
according to the clock
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading “Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading ““You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.””
the state of being asleep
From this reading “Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.”
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pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
In this reading “Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.”
In this reading ““You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.””
In this reading ““Put some water in that,” I said.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “It’s bad.”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
being one more than ten
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s bad.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
according to the clock
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Finally he’s so he can’t keep from sleeping.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Put some water in that,” I said.
(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 Well, about eleven o’clock Jack passes out and I put him to bed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
at the time that
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You ain’t got an idea what it’s like, Jerry, when you can’t sleep.”
Chapter 7 of Men without women by Ernest Hemingway holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 442 sentences of Men without women, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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