Chapter 21 of Show Boat is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Show Boat is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Mother _dear_! A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!” “He started it. And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.” There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
Chapter 21 of Show Boat is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 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.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.””
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.”
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.”
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading “A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!””
bringing again into activity and prominence
From this reading “A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!””
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading “A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!””
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading “There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.””
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 “There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.”
In this reading “A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
dearly loved
From this reading “Mother _dear_!
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He started it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “He started it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Mother _dear_!
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
bringing again into activity and prominence
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “He started it.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A first night of a Shaw revival at the National!”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading There was about her suddenly a curious effect of weariness.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And anyway, you’ve brought me up wrong.”
Chapter 21 of Show Boat by Edna Ferber holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 21 holds 413 sentences of Show Boat, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Show Boat by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Show Boat, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
