Chapter 9 of The Gay Rebellion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Gay Rebellion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Now you go along quietly," said the detective. "We've had our eyes on you. We know all about you. And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!" "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
Chapter 9 of The Gay Rebellion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading “"We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.”
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading “And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “"Now you go along quietly," said the detective.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “"We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “"We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"”
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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 And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We know all about you.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We know all about you.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "We've had our eyes on you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We've had our eyes on you.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading We know all about you.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We've had our eyes on you.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "We've had our eyes on you.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
with low volume
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
express in words
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We can discuss that to-morrow; I tell you I have an appointment----" "G'wan out o' here!" growled the detective.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We know all about you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've had our eyes on you.
at the time that
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading And when the hotel gets wise to a guy like you we tip him off and he beats it!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now you go along quietly," said the detective.
Chapter 9 of The Gay Rebellion by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of The Gay Rebellion, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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