Chapter 9 of The Readjustment is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Readjustment is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone. "Yes!" Eleanor laughed. "Are you coming to play with us?" "No. You're coming to play with me.
Chapter 9 of The Readjustment is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 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.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading “"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"Are you coming to play with us?"”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Eleanor laughed.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “"Are you coming to play with us?"”
characterized by resonance
From this reading “"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “"Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Are you coming to play with us?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eleanor laughed.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Eleanor laughed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No. You're coming to play with me.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. You're coming to play with me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
participate in games or sport
From this reading "Are you coming to play with us?"
characterized by resonance
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Are you coming to play with us?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Are you coming to play with us?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Are you coming to play with us?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you off the job to-night?" came the resonant voice of Bertram Chester over the telephone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No. You're coming to play with me.
Chapter 9 of The Readjustment by Will Irwin holds 303 sentences, grouped into 61 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 303 sentences of The Readjustment, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Readjustment by Will Irwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 303 sentences, grouped into 61 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 61 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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