Chapter 18 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I dont expect you to do anything,” he says. “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.” “They have?” I says. “I hadn’t heard.
Chapter 18 of The sound and the fury is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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made or become different in nature or form
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading ““I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.”
your parents
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
participate in games or sport
From this reading ““They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.””
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any thing at all
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
your parents
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hadn’t heard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I hadn’t heard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They changed that law making folks play the cotton market.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I dont expect you to do anything,” he says.
Chapter 18 of The sound and the fury by William Faulkner holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 18 holds 421 sentences of The sound and the fury, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The sound and the fury by William Faulkner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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