Chapter 38 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 38 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POTTLE, EMERY. ***Breach in the Wall, The. Harp. M. March. Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.
Chapter 38 of The best short stories of 1917, and is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 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.
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading “***Breach in the Wall, The.”
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
From this reading “POTTLE, EMERY.”
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading “Harp.”
a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
From this reading “Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.”
march in a procession
From this reading “M. March.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.”
a pot that holds 2 quarts
From this reading “POTTLE, EMERY.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “***Breach in the Wall, The.”
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 Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading ***Breach in the Wall, The.
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
From this reading POTTLE, EMERY.
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading Harp.
a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
From this reading Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ***Breach in the Wall, The.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M. March.
march in a procession
From this reading M. March.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Mistake in the Horoscope, A. Harp.
a pot that holds 2 quarts
From this reading POTTLE, EMERY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ***Breach in the Wall, The.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading ***Breach in the Wall, The.
Chapter 38 of The best short stories of 1917, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 446 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 38 holds 446 sentences of The best short stories of 1917, and, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 38 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 446 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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