Chapter 13 of Sam in the Suburbs is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Sam in the Suburbs is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“All right.” “Tied him up?” “With a clothesline.” “How about if he hollers?” “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
Chapter 13 of Sam in the Suburbs is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““How about if he hollers?””
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading ““I’ve put a duster in his mouth.””
plural of “holler” — a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
From this reading ““How about if he hollers?””
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading ““I’ve put a duster in his mouth.””
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ““I’ve put a duster in his mouth.””
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““All right.””
bound or secured closely
From this reading ““Tied him up?””
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.
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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 “With a clothesline.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “How about if he hollers?”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All right.”
a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
From this reading “With a clothesline.”
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “How about if he hollers?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tied him up?”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
plural of “holler” — a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
From this reading “How about if he hollers?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How about if he hollers?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “How about if he hollers?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “I’ve put a duster in his mouth.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right.”
bound or secured closely
From this reading “Tied him up?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Tied him up?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “With a clothesline.”
Chapter 13 of Sam in the Suburbs by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of Sam in the Suburbs, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Sam in the Suburbs by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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.
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