Chapter 9 of Stories That End Well is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Stories That End Well is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh-h dear! Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza. "Well, I can't," said Emmy. "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything." "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
Chapter 9 of Stories That End Well is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “"She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."”
past form of “drone” — make a monotonous low dull sound
From this reading “Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.”
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading “"Well, I can't," said Emmy.”
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading “Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “"I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."”
a person suffering from an illness
From this reading “Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."”
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 “Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.”
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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
any thing at all
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, I can't," said Emmy.
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh-h dear!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
past form of “drone” — make a monotonous low dull sound
From this reading Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading "Well, I can't," said Emmy.
the act of departing
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I can't," said Emmy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh-h dear!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well, I can't," said Emmy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
a person suffering from an illness
From this reading Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh-h dear!" droned the sufferer on the piazza.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "She don't; she's been going on that way all the afternoon."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I can't," said Emmy.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish you'd run and ask mother if she wants anything."
Chapter 9 of Stories That End Well by Octave Thanet holds 422 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 9 holds 422 sentences of Stories That End Well, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Stories That End Well by Octave Thanet exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 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.
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