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Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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"No hurry," Nap assured her.
He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.
"You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.
She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.
Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of One Basket is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"No hurry," Nap assured her.
Line 2
He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.
Line 3
"You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.
Line 4
She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.
Line 5
Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

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a

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actually

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

after

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

all

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

and

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

assured

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From this reading "No hurry," Nap assured her.

bad

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

be

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Chuck's

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consumed

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

decided

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

double

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eating

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finicking

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

food

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

going

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grand

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

halfheartedly

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

hated

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

having

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

He

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

her

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From this reading "No hurry," Nap assured her.

his

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

hurry

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From this reading "No hurry," Nap assured her.

in

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

leisurely

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

let's

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

little

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

much

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

Nap

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From this reading "No hurry," Nap assured her.

No

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From this reading "No hurry," Nap assured her.

not

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

Now

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

of

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

on

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

once

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

row

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

said

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

She

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

sort

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

strong

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

such

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

teeth

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

Tessie

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

that

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

though

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

time

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

very

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

wasn't

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

way

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

Well

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

went

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From this reading He went on eating in a leisurely, finicking sort of way, though he consumed very little food, actually.

were

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

which

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From this reading She decided that she wasn't having such a very grand time, after all, and that she hated his teeth, which were very bad.

white

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From this reading Now, Chuck's strong, white, double row---- "Well," she said, "let's be going."

You're

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From this reading "You're not eating much," Tessie said once, halfheartedly.

Chapter 14 of One Basket by Edna Ferber holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 14 of One Basket contain?

Chapter 14 holds 224 sentences of One Basket, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 of One Basket by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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.

How do I study chapter 14 of One Basket?

Work through the 45 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 45 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 14 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading One Basket

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Is this the complete text of One Basket?

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How long does One Basket take to read?

About 321 minutes of reading across 773 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in One Basket

Words and structures a reader meets early in One Basket, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Woman
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Tried
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Woman--so
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Trail
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