Chapter 15 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No she’s not,” I says. “We’re going to fix that right now.” She looked at me, the cup in her hand. She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder. “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
Chapter 15 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading “She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “She looked at me, the cup in her hand.”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading ““We’re going to fix that right now.””
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.”
a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
From this reading “She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading ““You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading “She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.”
moving as on a slippery surface
From this reading “She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “She looked at me, the cup in her hand.”
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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 “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
the act of departing
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No she’s not,” I says.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
not any; not one
From this reading “No she’s not,” I says.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No she’s not,” I says.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “No she’s not,” I says.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No she’s not,” I says.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
moving as on a slippery surface
From this reading She brushed her hair back from her face, her kimono slipping off her shoulder.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked at me, the cup in her hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’re going to fix that right now.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says.
Chapter 15 of The sound and the fury by William Faulkner holds 413 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 15 holds 413 sentences of The sound and the fury, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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