Chapter 12 of The Sun Also Rises is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Sun Also Rises is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs. Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room. I heard Brett go into the room next door. Mike was already in bed. He had come in with me an hour before.
Chapter 12 of The Sun Also Rises is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “Mike was already in bed.”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “Mike was already in bed.”
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
From this reading “I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.”
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “He had come in with me an hour before.”
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading “Mike was already in bed.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.”
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.
In this reading “I heard Brett go into the room next door.”
at or in or to the adjacent residence
In this reading “I heard Brett go into the room next door.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.”
a conventional expression of farewell
In this reading “Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.”
to come or go into
In this reading “I heard Brett go into the room next door.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.”
In this reading “Mike was already in bed.”
to come or go into
In this reading “He had come in with me an hour before.”
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.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Mike was already in bed.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Mike was already in bed.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I heard Brett go into the room next door.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mike was already in bed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I heard Brett go into the room next door.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading Mike was already in bed.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading I heard Brett go into the room next door.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I heard Brett and Robert Cohn come up the stairs.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mike was already in bed.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had come in with me an hour before.
Chapter 12 of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of The Sun Also Rises, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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