Chapter 9 of The Swindler and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Swindler and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I?" Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts. "I shall not be here," she said finally. "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back. It won't matter, will it?
Chapter 9 of The Swindler and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of gathering something together
From this reading “Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “"I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.”
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “"I shall not be here," she said finally.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.”
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading “"I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.”
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading “Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.”
a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
From this reading “Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “"I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
anew
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
the act of gathering something together
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
recognizable; marked
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It won't matter, will it?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading It won't matter, will it?
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I shall not be here," she said finally.
a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
express a supposition
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Again her stepdaughter paused a little, as if collecting her thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "I have decided to go down to Raffold for midsummer week, and I don't suppose I shall hurry back.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It won't matter, will it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It won't matter, will it?
Chapter 9 of The Swindler and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell 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 9 holds 413 sentences of The Swindler and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Swindler and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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