Chapter 7 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, yes, all their lives. Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting.... “It’s all right, Ma, I....” “My eyes feel like they was on fire....” “It’s all right, Ma.
Chapter 7 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading ““My eyes feel like they was on fire....””
start firing a weapon
From this reading ““My eyes feel like they was on fire....””
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Oh, yes, all their lives.”
plural of “penny” — a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....”
an affirmative
From this reading “Oh, yes, all their lives.”
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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 Oh, yes, all their lives.
opinion or judgment
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It’s all right, Ma, I....”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s all right, Ma, I....”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Oh, yes, all their lives.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “It’s all right, Ma, I....”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, yes, all their lives.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
plural of “penny” — a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It’s all right, Ma, I....”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Oh, yes, all their lives.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Putting pennies into him, putting food into him, waiting, waiting....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My eyes feel like they was on fire....”
an affirmative
From this reading Oh, yes, all their lives.
Chapter 7 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 417 sentences of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 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 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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