Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But we do. We did. Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip. I mean to live. Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 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 suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.”
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I mean to live.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.”
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
From this reading “Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But we do.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "But we do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
and nothing more
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
immediately past
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I mean to live.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
carry out
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I mean to live.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take a little two-room apartment in one of the new buildings--near my studio--and relax.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But we do.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Last winter--" "I don't mean just for a little trip.
Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 18 holds 410 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 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 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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