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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 21 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Chapter 21 holds 208 sentences of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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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Vocabulary met early in The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Awakening
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Selected
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Short
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Stories
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She was fastidious.
The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.
She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.
Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.
She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.
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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
She was fastidious.
Line 2
The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.
Line 3
She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.
Line 4
Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.
Line 5
She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.
All words in this reading · 50

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

and

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

ankle

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From this reading Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.

another

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

as

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

at

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

back

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

belonged

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From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

boots

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

clerk

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

could

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

down

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

easily

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

fastidious

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From this reading She was fastidious.

feet

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

foot

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From this reading Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.

glanced

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

he

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

head

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

held

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

her

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

herself

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From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

looked

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From this reading Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.

make

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

not

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

one

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

out

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

part

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From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

pleased

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From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

pointed-tipped

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From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

polished

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

pretty

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.

realize

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

reconcile

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

She

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was fastidious.

shoes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

skirts

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

stockings

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

The

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

they

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

too

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.

turned

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

very

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her foot and ankle looked very pretty.

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was fastidious.

way

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she glanced down at the polished, pointed-tipped boots.

were

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She could not realize that they belonged to her and were a part of herself.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The clerk could not make her out; he could not reconcile her shoes with her stockings, and she was not too easily pleased.