Chapter 11 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He slumped back and tried to think rationally. “Let’s see, now. I was coming down the mountain, headed west. The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about. Not more than twenty feet or so away.
Chapter 11 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “I was coming down the mountain, headed west.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “I was coming down the mountain, headed west.”
in a rational manner
From this reading “He slumped back and tried to think rationally.”
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.”
past form of “slump” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading “He slumped back and tried to think rationally.”
superlative of “steep” — having a sharp inclination
From this reading “The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “I was coming down the mountain, headed west.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Not more than twenty feet or so away.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
at or in the front
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
and nothing more
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s see, now.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Let’s see, now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
in a rational manner
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Let’s see, now.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
past form of “slump” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
superlative of “steep” — having a sharp inclination
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He slumped back and tried to think rationally.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Not more than twenty feet or so away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading I was coming down the mountain, headed west.
at the time that
From this reading The steepest part was just ahead of me when I fell--forty-five-degree slope, about.
Chapter 11 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 11 holds 398 sentences of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 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 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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