Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano. “Ain’t you going to eat?” “No, thank you.” He was in the street. Where was his mind?
Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
From this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
take in solid food
From this reading ““Ain’t you going to eat?””
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “He was in the street.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading ““No, thank you.””
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In this reading “He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.”
In this reading “He was in the street.”
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From this reading “Ain’t you going to eat?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
take in solid food
From this reading “Ain’t you going to eat?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Ain’t you going to eat?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Where was his mind?
not any; not one
From this reading “No, thank you.”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading He was in the street.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “No, thank you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He covered his ’cello and stood it away in the corner made by the piano.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Ain’t you going to eat?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was in the street.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where was his mind?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ain’t you going to eat?”
Chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 489 sentences, grouped into 98 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 489 sentences of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short, unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 489 sentences, grouped into 98 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 98 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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