Chapter 11 of Tar and feathers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Tar and feathers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’ve been working on my speech.” “Oh.” Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight. Would you care to--? No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
Chapter 11 of Tar and feathers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Would you care to--?”
true confidential information
From this reading “Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.”
made afraid
From this reading “Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.”
plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading “Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.”
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading ““I’ve been working on my speech.””
the day after today
From this reading “No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
On the present night.
From this reading “Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading ““I’ve been working on my speech.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Would you care to--?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
true confidential information
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
made afraid
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
not any; not one
From this reading No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
above and across; more than
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would you care to--?
the day after today
From this reading No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
On the present night.
From this reading Then some details of how frightened the Negroes had been, and “Marjorie and Betty are coming over tonight.
(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 No, well then, I’ll see you tomorrow.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “I’ve been working on my speech.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would you care to--?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would you care to--?
Chapter 11 of Tar and feathers by Victor Rubin holds 410 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.
Chapter 11 holds 410 sentences of Tar and feathers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Tar and feathers by Victor Rubin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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