Chapter 20 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She did remember the camera. The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan. Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright. “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.” “Oh, has he written to you?”
Chapter 20 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 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.
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading “Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.”
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading “She did remember the camera.”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading ““He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.””
a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
From this reading “The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.”
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
From this reading “Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.”
without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
From this reading “Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.”
medium for communication
From this reading ““He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.””
hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
From this reading “The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.”
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.
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading ““He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.””
In this reading “Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading She did remember the camera.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did remember the camera.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
the act of departing
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, has he written to you?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
engage in
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, has he written to you?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
medium for communication
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading She did remember the camera.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did remember the camera.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She did remember the camera.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Junior hadn’t saved enough money from his allowance to buy it outright.
hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
From this reading The typewriter had been ordered on the installment plan.
up to a particular time
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “He’s not going to get me a radio set until he finds out which is the best make on the market, he says.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “Oh, has he written to you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, has he written to you?”
Chapter 20 of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 393 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 20 holds 393 sentences of O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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