Chapter 10 of The City of Comrades is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The City of Comrades is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?” “Oh, because.” The smile disappeared. She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak. “Yes?
Chapter 10 of The City of Comrades is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the reason that
From this reading ““Oh, because.””
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “The smile disappeared.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “The smile disappeared.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading ““Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?””
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.”
in the direction of
From this reading “She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.”
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.”
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without delay or immediately
In this reading ““Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
for the reason that
From this reading “Oh, because.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading The smile disappeared.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, because.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The smile disappeared.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
in the direction of
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She stopped looking up at me to turn her eyes toward the foxgloves and scrub-oak.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
at the time that
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why didn’t you—when she was right on the spot?”
Chapter 10 of The City of Comrades by Basil King holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 10 holds 409 sentences of The City of Comrades, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The City of Comrades by Basil King exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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