Chapter 10 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter. “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack. “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife. “We knowed him in Idaho. They called him Wide-loop up there.
Chapter 10 of The Dead-Line is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 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.
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading “They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.”
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading ““Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.”
a state in the Rocky Mountains
From this reading ““We knowed him in Idaho.”
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ““We knowed him in Idaho.”
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading ““He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.”
in an original manner
From this reading ““He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.”
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.”
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.
In this reading “They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading They called him Wide-loop up there.
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
at any time
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “We knowed him in Idaho.
a state in the Rocky Mountains
From this reading “We knowed him in Idaho.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We knowed him in Idaho.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “We knowed him in Idaho.
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
in an original manner
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “He’s originally from Montana,” said Hashknife.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They called him Wide-loop up there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They moved back into the store and sat down on the counter.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They called him Wide-loop up there.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We knowed him in Idaho.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They called him Wide-loop up there.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where did you ever know Al Curt?” asked Jack.
Chapter 10 of The Dead-Line by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 405 sentences of The Dead-Line, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Dead-Line by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 10 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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About 404 minutes of reading across 971 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Dead-Line section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Dead-Line, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
