Chapter 6 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye. *Damn*. "No, we visit them." Lying now. Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
Chapter 6 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “coal” — fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading “Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.”
used as expletives
From this reading “*Damn*.”
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading “"So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.”
plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “"So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.”
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
From this reading “Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.”
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading “Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.”
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading “"So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
plural of “coal” — fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
used as expletives
From this reading *Damn*.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
the organ of sight
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Lying now.
plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, we visit them."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Lying now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
above and across; more than
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "No, we visit them."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "No, we visit them."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sweat on the shag of hair over his ears, which felt like they had coals pressed to them.
which person or people
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have neighbors who visit you?" she asked, a triumphant gleam in her eye.
Chapter 6 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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