Chapter 8 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A carpenter? Vieux Michaud, I suppose?" "That's his name. You know him?" "Very well."
Chapter 8 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 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 woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
From this reading “"A carpenter?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You know him?"”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"That's his name.”
express a supposition
From this reading “Vieux Michaud, I suppose?"”
(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 “"Very well."”
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 "A carpenter?
a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
From this reading "A carpenter?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You know him?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "That's his name.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Vieux Michaud, I suppose?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vieux Michaud, I suppose?"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "That's his name.
express a supposition
From this reading Vieux Michaud, I suppose?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's his name.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vieux Michaud, I suppose?"
(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 "Very well."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know him?"
Chapter 8 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 414 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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