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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

Chapter 32 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 583 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 32 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 583 sentences, grouped into 117 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.

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Vocabulary met early in Sister Carrie: A Novel

Words and structures a reader meets early in Sister Carrie: A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Caroline
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It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.
The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.
Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.
I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”
It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, that we spend very much.”
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

Chapter 32 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 583 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/117 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.
Line 2
The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.
Line 3
Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.
Line 4
I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”
Line 5
It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”
All words in this reading · 68

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a

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

an

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

approaching

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

as

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

awful

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

be

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

Before

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

began

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by

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

calamity

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

Carrie

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carried

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

day

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

doesn't

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

dollars

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

don't

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due

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

expenditure

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explain

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fifty

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

final

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

for

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had

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

handling

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

he

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

his

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

how

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

hundred

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

I

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in

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indicate

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

into

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

It

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

June

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

know

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

last

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

live

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

lot

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

mark

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

me

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

meat

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

much

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

of

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

one

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

only

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

process

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

reached

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

said

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

seem

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

seems

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

seven

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

sight

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

spend

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

take

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

taking

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

text

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

that

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From this reading Before the final hundred mark was reached he began to indicate that a calamity was approaching.

the

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

them

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From this reading The seven hundred, by his process of handling, had only carried them into June.

time

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

to

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

trivial

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

us

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From this reading “I don’t know,” he said one day, taking a trivial expenditure for meat as a text, “it seems to take an awful lot for us to live.”

useless

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

very

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

was

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.

we

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From this reading “It doesn’t seem to me,” said Carrie, “that we spend very much.”

would

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From this reading It would be useless to explain how in due time the last fifty dollars was in sight.