Chapter 13 of Red and Black is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Red and Black is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you? Do you _get_ what I’m saying? Everything’s in train. I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off. For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
Chapter 13 of Red and Black is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
From this reading “A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?”
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
cut open
From this reading “A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
plural of “passport” — any authorization to pass or go somewhere
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “Everything’s in train.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything’s in train.
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
cut open
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Everything’s in train.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
and nothing more
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
plural of “passport” — any authorization to pass or go somewhere
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
carry out
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
create by training and teaching
From this reading Everything’s in train.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
Chapter 13 of Red and Black by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 13 holds 401 sentences of Red and Black, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Red and Black by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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