Chapter 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You're a goddamned psycho. Krishna was right." "What does Krishna have against me?" "I think we both know what that's about," she said. "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
Chapter 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “"What does Krishna have against me?"”
at any time
From this reading “"No, really, what did I ever do to him?"”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"You're a goddamned psycho.”
8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute
From this reading “Krishna was right."”
a person afflicted with psychosis
From this reading “"You're a goddamned psycho.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"No, really, what did I ever do to him?"”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Krishna was right."”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “"I think we both know what that's about," she said.”
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 "You're a goddamned psycho.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "What does Krishna have against me?"
the two together, not just one
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What does Krishna have against me?"
at any time
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "You're a goddamned psycho.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What does Krishna have against me?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute
From this reading Krishna was right."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What does Krishna have against me?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
a person afflicted with psychosis
From this reading "You're a goddamned psycho.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading Krishna was right."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, really, what did I ever do to him?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Krishna was right."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I think we both know what that's about," she said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What does Krishna have against me?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're a goddamned psycho.
Chapter 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow holds 411 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 3 holds 411 sentences of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 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 3 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.
Common questions about reading Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 8538 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18224 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #18224, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1708 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 21 chapters of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
