Chapter 8 of Short Stories of the New America is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Short Stories of the New America is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sightless: thrown back into the discard. But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head. Broken? Not a bit of it. Everyone could see that.
Chapter 8 of Short Stories of the New America is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 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.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “Broken?”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.”
throw or cast away
From this reading “Sightless: thrown back into the discard.”
every person
From this reading “Everyone could see that.”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “Sightless: thrown back into the discard.”
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading “But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.”
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 “But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.”
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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 Not a bit of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Not a bit of it.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Broken?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Everyone could see that.
throw or cast away
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
every person
From this reading Everyone could see that.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not a bit of it.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a bit of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Everyone could see that.
lacking sight
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everyone could see that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading Sightless: thrown back into the discard.
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was the same firm mouth and the same upright carriage of the well-shaped head.
Chapter 8 of Short Stories of the New America by Mary Augusta[Editor] Laselle holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 8 holds 421 sentences of Short Stories of the New America, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Short Stories of the New America by Mary Augusta[Editor] Laselle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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