Chapter 12 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why not come here? There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first. Oh, Jim, please take it! If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_! Shall I?
Chapter 12 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!”
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Oh, Jim, please take it!”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Shall I?”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.”
carry out
From this reading “Oh, Jim, please take it!”
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 “If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!”
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.
In this reading “"Why not come here?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Why not come here?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Why not come here?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, Jim, please take it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Jim, please take it!
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not come here?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Jim, please take it!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Oh, Jim, please take it!
express in words
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
carry out
From this reading Oh, Jim, please take it!
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 If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not come here?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There’s a studio and apartment which will be free May first.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you say so I’ll telephone the agent _now_!
Chapter 12 of The Restless Sex by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 12 holds 415 sentences of The Restless Sex, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Restless Sex by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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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