Chapter 1 of Streets of Night is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Streets of Night is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham." "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to." "But I wouldn't know what to say to them." "They'll do the talking.... Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
Chapter 1 of Streets of Night is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."”
possessive form of “date” — the specified day of the month
From this reading “Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."”
for each
From this reading “_Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “_Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “"They'll do the talking....”
a small amount (especially of a drink)
From this reading “_Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “_Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."”
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come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading “"Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
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From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."
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From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
possessive form of “date” — the specified day of the month
From this reading Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "They'll do the talking....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
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From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "But I wouldn't know what to say to them."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Look, you've got to come, date's all made an' everything."
destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
for each
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
express in words
From this reading "But I wouldn't know what to say to them."
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "They'll do the talking....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "They'll do the talking....
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "But I wouldn't know what to say to them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They'll do the talking....
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
a small amount (especially of a drink)
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading _Et si per talen Pert tot mi joven, Pauc mi valdran chan d'auzel._ "But I don't think I want to, Cham."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "But I wouldn't know what to say to them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But I wouldn't know what to say to them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come along, Fanshaw, you've got to."
Chapter 1 of Streets of Night by John Dos Passos holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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