Chapter 11 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What for did you bring them up--what for? A blind one could see it’s detectives!” Zelde muttered angrily. “How shall I know it who they are? When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
Chapter 11 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “Zelde muttered angrily.”
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “A blind one could see it’s detectives!””
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading ““What for did you bring them up--what for?”
plural of “detective” — a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “A blind one could see it’s detectives!””
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “When they came in your husband turned white like milk.”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “When they came in your husband turned white like milk.”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “Zelde muttered angrily.”
a Caucasian
From this reading “When they came in your husband turned white like milk.”
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.
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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 blind one could see it’s detectives!”
with anger
From this reading Zelde muttered angrily.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
plural of “detective” — a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading Zelde muttered angrily.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading A blind one could see it’s detectives!”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
moved around an axis or center
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
at the time that
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
a Caucasian
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
which person or people
From this reading “How shall I know it who they are?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What for did you bring them up--what for?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When they came in your husband turned white like milk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Zelde muttered angrily.
Chapter 11 of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 504 sentences of The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 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 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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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