Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A Bluethner! In Shuster! God in heaven! Why did you wait until I had gone?" "Well, aren't you still here?"
Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “God in heaven!”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Why did you wait until I had gone?"”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “God in heaven!”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “"Well, aren't you still here?"”
not in physical motion
From this reading “"Well, aren't you still here?"”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Why did you wait until I had gone?"”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Why did you wait until I had gone?"”
(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 “"Well, aren't you still here?"”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A Bluethner!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, aren't you still here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A Bluethner!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading God in heaven!
destroyed or killed
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading God in heaven!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Well, aren't you still here?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Shuster!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In Shuster!
not in physical motion
From this reading "Well, aren't you still here?"
up to a particular time
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
(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 "Well, aren't you still here?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why did you wait until I had gone?"
Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1917, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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 9 holds 449 sentences of The best short stories of 1917, and, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1917, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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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