Chapter 14 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No kiddin'?" "No kiddin'." "Florette--all right?" "Why, what made you think any different?" "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
Chapter 14 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “"Why, what made you think any different?"”
large strong hand (as of a fighter)
From this reading “"Who hooks her up now, Bert?"”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “"Why, what made you think any different?"”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"Florette--all right?"”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “"Why, what made you think any different?"”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Florette--all right?"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
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From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Florette--all right?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
large strong hand (as of a fighter)
From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No kiddin'?"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No kiddin'?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Florette--all right?"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who hooks her up now, Bert?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, what made you think any different?"
Chapter 14 of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 14 holds 395 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 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 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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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