Chapter 4 of The Sorrows of a Show Girl is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Sorrows of a Show Girl is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me. Calls down wifey for not coming home. Business of language. I kick in and tells him to have a drink. Nothing to it.
Chapter 4 of The Sorrows of a Show Girl is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person with fair skin and hair
From this reading “"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “Calls down wifey for not coming home.”
a bad-tempered person
From this reading “"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.”
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “I kick in and tells him to have a drink.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.”
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “"Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “I kick in and tells him to have a drink.”
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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 I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
a person with fair skin and hair
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Business of language.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
take in liquids
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
a bad-tempered person
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nothing to it.
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Business of language.
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing to it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I kick in and tells him to have a drink.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Calls down wifey for not coming home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hubby comes in carrying weight for grouch and pipes party of five--Blonde Party, Olga, Soul Mate, Wilbur and me.
Chapter 4 of The Sorrows of a Show Girl by Kenneth McGaffey holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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.
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