Chapter 9 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em. Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?” “Yeah, I’ve got one.” “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.” They paid for their meal and went outside.
Chapter 9 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 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.
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?””
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading ““Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.””
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “They paid for their meal and went outside.”
any cohesive unit such as a military company
From this reading ““Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.””
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading ““I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.”
an official written record of names or events or transactions
From this reading “Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?””
not only so, but
From this reading ““Yeah, I’ve got one.””
time long past
From this reading “Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?””
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading ““Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.””
In this reading “They paid for their meal and went outside.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
a name given to a product or service
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
a quad with a square body
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yeah, I’ve got one.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Yeah, I’ve got one.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
any cohesive unit such as a military company
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “I’m askin’ questions—not answerin’ ’em.
an official written record of names or events or transactions
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They paid for their meal and went outside.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Then let’s go and find out where it is located—this JN outfit.”
not only so, but
From this reading “Yeah, I’ve got one.”
time long past
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have yuh got a brand registry at yore office?”
Chapter 9 of The Dead-Line by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of The Dead-Line, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Dead-Line by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Dead-Line, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
