Chapter 10 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?” “Please come here,” said the girl. Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so. The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper. “Listen!
Chapter 10 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)
From this reading “Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?””
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.”
hear with intention
From this reading ““Listen!”
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading “The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““Please come here,” said the girl.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?””
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.”
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 ““Please come here,” said the girl.”
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 The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.
United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Please come here,” said the girl.
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.
a young female
From this reading “Please come here,” said the girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Please come here,” said the girl.
and nothing more
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen!
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please come here,” said the girl.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Brady, as slowly as she dared, did so.
having a supporting base
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Please come here,” said the girl.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The girl lowered her voice to a tense half-whisper.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
in or at the place that
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
an affirmative
From this reading Mrs. Brady, standing just where _she_ was, said, “Yes, miss?”
Chapter 10 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 414 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 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 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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