Chapter 9 of The Night-Born is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Night-Born is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money. She's a loo-loo--” “What is a loo-loo?” Peter Winn interrupted. The secretary tittered. “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
Chapter 9 of The Night-Born is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give expression to
From this reading ““Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “Peter Winn interrupted.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading ““Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.”
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
From this reading ““Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.”
in a respectful manner
From this reading ““Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.”
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading “The secretary tittered.”
an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
From this reading ““I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading ““Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.”
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 “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
apart from; not including
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
give expression to
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading Peter Winn interrupted.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She's a loo-loo--” “What is a loo-loo?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a loo-loo--” “What is a loo-loo?”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
in a respectful manner
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading The secretary tittered.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a loo-loo--” “What is a loo-loo?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I'm sure I don't know, except that it must be a superlative of some sort.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The secretary tittered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The secretary tittered.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She's a loo-loo--” “What is a loo-loo?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Mr. Peter Winn, SIR: I send you respectfully by express a pigeon worth good money.
Chapter 9 of The Night-Born by Jack London holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 219 sentences of The Night-Born, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Night-Born by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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.
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