Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“There isn’t any idea.” “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said. Nick went around behind the counter. “What’s the idea?” George asked.
Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 420 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.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading ““You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Nick went around behind the counter.”
a youthful male person
From this reading ““You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading ““You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.”
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading “Nick went around behind the counter.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “George asked.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““There isn’t any idea.””
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Nick went around behind the counter.”
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 “Nick went around behind the counter.”
In this reading ““There isn’t any idea.””
be sufficient
In this reading ““You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.”
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.
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “There isn’t any idea.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading George asked.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Nick went around behind the counter.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
a youthful male person
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading Nick went around behind the counter.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George asked.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “There isn’t any idea.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There isn’t any idea.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Nick went around behind the counter.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nick went around behind the counter.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There isn’t any idea.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Nick went around behind the counter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the idea?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said.
Chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 420 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 4 holds 420 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 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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