Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come in,” says the woman, and I did. She says: “Take a cheer.” I done it. She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says: “What might your name be?”
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give encouragement to
From this reading “She says: “Take a cheer.””
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I done it.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““What might your name be?””
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading ““Come in,” says the woman, and I did.”
reflecting light
From this reading “She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:”
carry out
From this reading “She says: “Take a cheer.””
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ““Come in,” says the woman, and I did.”
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.
to come or go into
In this reading ““Come in,” says the woman, and I did.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
(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 looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “What might your name be?”
give encouragement to
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I done it.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I done it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “What might your name be?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “What might your name be?”
above and across; more than
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
reflecting light
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
carry out
From this reading She says: “Take a cheer.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What might your name be?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says:
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Come in,” says the woman, and I did.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What might your name be?”
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 201 sentences of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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