Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes, but he’s got someone with him. Oh! I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them. Leone! Children!”
Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “Children!””
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
a young female
From this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Leone!”
a person, without saying who
From this reading ““Yes, but he’s got someone with him.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
the activity of making visits
From this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
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.
a youthful female person
In this reading “I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.”
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.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Children!”
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
a young female
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents
From this reading Leone!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh!
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
in or at or to some place
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
the activity of making visits
From this reading I believe it’s that little girl from back East somewhere that’s visiting them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, but he’s got someone with him.
Chapter 18 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 417 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 18 holds 417 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 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 417 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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