Chapter 8 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Musingly, she sipped her soda water. In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners. There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times. These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers. “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
Chapter 8 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading ““That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?”
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.”
plural of “crescent” — any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
From this reading “In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.”
the act of contacting one thing with another
From this reading ““That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?”
put or confide something in a person or thing
From this reading “In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.”
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading “Musingly, she sipped her soda water.”
a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
From this reading “Musingly, she sipped her soda water.”
plural of “wrinkle” — a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
From this reading “There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.”
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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effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
In this reading “Musingly, she sipped her soda water.”
sporadically and infrequently
In this reading “There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.”
In this reading “In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.”
In this reading “These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
in a rueful manner
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
plural of “crescent” — any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
opinion or judgment
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
the act of contacting one thing with another
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
in a reflective manner
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
put or confide something in a person or thing
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this repose her mouth showed hard lines in crescents at the corners.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading These eyes now turned contritely to the two officers.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That was hitting below the belt, wasn’t it?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Musingly, she sipped her soda water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
plural of “wrinkle” — a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
From this reading There were wrinkles raying out from her eyes--baby eyes, at times.
Chapter 8 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 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 8 holds 410 sentences of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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