Chapter 4 of The Hungry Heart: A Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Hungry Heart: A Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You don’t even stay home to meals." "Neither do you." "But I haven’t Winchie to look after." "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten. And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
Chapter 4 of The Hungry Heart: A Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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.
pleasantly occupied
From this reading “And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “"He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.”
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading “"He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.”
plural of “meal” — the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “"You don’t even stay home to meals."”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “"Neither do you."”
plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading “"He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"You don’t even stay home to meals."”
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.
keep under careful scrutiny
In this reading “"But I haven’t Winchie to look after."”
In this reading “"He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.”
In this reading “"He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.”
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 And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
later than; following
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
pleasantly occupied
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
a young person of either sex
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Neither do you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
divisible by two
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
plural of “meal” — the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading And Miss Brockholst can keep a child amused as I couldn’t.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading "Neither do you."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But I haven’t Winchie to look after."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "He plays with the other children at the kindergarten.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You don’t even stay home to meals."
Chapter 4 of The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips holds 417 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 4 holds 417 sentences of The Hungry Heart: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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