Chapter 15 of The High School Left End is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The High School Left End is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway. "Me? I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German. "Well, you can't do it here. That's a matter to be fixed in court."
Chapter 15 of The High School Left End is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading “I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.”
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
From this reading “A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.”
a person of German nationality
From this reading “I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.”
an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
From this reading “A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.”
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
From this reading “A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.”
a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
From this reading “A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.”
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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 "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
(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 A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, you can't do it here.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
a person of German nationality
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
the act of departing
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Well, you can't do it here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gif bail, don't I?" demanded the German.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Well, you can't do it here.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Me?
a form of address for a man
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's a matter to be fixed in court."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, you can't do it here.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A "FACER" FOR THE PLOTTER "What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr.Schimmelpodt?" laughed Officer Hemingway.
Chapter 15 of The High School Left End by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 135 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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