Chapter 23 of Sudden Jim is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIII
Chapter 23 of Sudden Jim is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza. “Mr. Ashe?” she said. “Where’s Mr. Ashe?” “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes. Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
Chapter 23 of Sudden Jim is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)
From this reading ““Mr. Ashe?” she said.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading ““Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.””
a person who fells trees
From this reading “Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.””
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.”
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading “Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.”
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading “Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.””
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.
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In this reading “Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.”
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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 Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)
From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
a person who fells trees
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hain’t been gone more ’n couple of minutes.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Mr. Ashe?” she said.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin’ to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin’ his hen-house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Where’s Mr. Ashe?”
Chapter 23 of Sudden Jim by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 23 holds 264 sentences of Sudden Jim, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 23 of Sudden Jim by Clarence Budington Kelland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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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