Chapter 12 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Which way do you live?” I said. A buggy, the one with the white horse it was. Only Doc Peabody is fat. Three hundred pounds.
Chapter 12 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading “A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Only Doc Peabody is fat.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “Only Doc Peabody is fat.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.”
ten 10s
From this reading “Three hundred pounds.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading ““Which way do you live?””
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
From this reading “Only Doc Peabody is fat.”
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading “Three hundred pounds.”
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.
being one hundred more than two hundred
In this reading “Three hundred pounds.”
a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
In this reading “A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.”
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 A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Which way do you live?”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Only Doc Peabody is fat.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading Only Doc Peabody is fat.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
ten 10s
From this reading Three hundred pounds.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only Doc Peabody is fat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Which way do you live?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
and nothing more
From this reading Only Doc Peabody is fat.
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
From this reading Only Doc Peabody is fat.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading Three hundred pounds.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three hundred pounds.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Which way do you live?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Which way do you live?”
a Caucasian
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A buggy, the one with the white horse it was.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Which way do you live?”
Chapter 12 of The sound and the fury by William Faulkner holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 406 sentences of The sound and the fury, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The sound and the fury by William Faulkner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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