Chapter 2 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What air you talkin’ about?” Marthy intoned querulously. “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.” “Wa’l?” “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
Chapter 2 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading ““What air you talkin’ about?””
your parents
From this reading ““Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.””
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
From this reading “Marthy intoned querulously.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading ““They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.””
scrape with the paws
From this reading ““They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.””
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ““They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.””
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading ““Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.””
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ““They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
In this reading ““They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.””
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What air you talkin’ about?”
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “What air you talkin’ about?”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
your parents
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
From this reading Marthy intoned querulously.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marthy intoned querulously.
scrape with the paws
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
in a peevish manner
From this reading Marthy intoned querulously.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What air you talkin’ about?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Them folks in that air Briggs settlement.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wa’l?”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What air you talkin’ about?”
at the time that
From this reading “They looked slanchwise at Paw when we went in an’ set down.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What air you talkin’ about?”
Chapter 2 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 409 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 2 holds 409 sentences of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 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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