Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A dollar," said Hazen promptly. "A dollar bill. The miserable fool!" Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me. "You mean to give it back to him?"
Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “"A dollar bill.”
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “"A dollar," said Hazen promptly.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “The miserable fool!"”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.”
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading “Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “The miserable fool!"”
plural of “process” — a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
From this reading “Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.”
with little or no delay
From this reading “"A dollar," said Hazen promptly.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A dollar," said Hazen promptly.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading "A dollar bill.
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading "A dollar," said Hazen promptly.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading The miserable fool!"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
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From this reading "A dollar," said Hazen promptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading The miserable fool!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
plural of “process” — a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
with little or no delay
From this reading "A dollar," said Hazen promptly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "A dollar," said Hazen promptly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The miserable fool!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hazen's mental processes were always of interest to me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You mean to give it back to him?"
Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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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