Chapter 9 of The Riverman is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Riverman is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him. “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile! Whose fault is that? My rivermen's? My boys?
Chapter 9 of The Riverman is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading ““Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “My boys?”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Whose fault is that?”
possessive form of “hell” — any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading ““There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.”
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading ““There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ““Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Whose fault is that?”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading My boys?
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Whose fault is that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
possessive form of “hell” — any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My rivermen's?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My rivermen's?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Whose fault is that?
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There is Hell's Half-Mile,” she reminded him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
belonging to which person
From this reading Whose fault is that?
an affirmative
From this reading “Oh, yes,” said Orde bitterly, “there's Hell's Half-Mile!
Chapter 9 of The Riverman by Stewart Edward White holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 202 sentences of The Riverman, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Riverman by Stewart Edward White exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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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