Chapter XXXII of The Trufflers: A Story, “Chapter One,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXII of The Trufflers: A Story, “Chapter One,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little. “Why--Henry! You startled me. Where's Betty?” The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
Chapter XXXII of The Trufflers: A Story, “Chapter One,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading “The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading ““Why--Henry!”
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading “The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.”
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading “The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “|SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “You startled me.”
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading “|SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.”
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In this reading “|SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.”
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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 |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where's Betty?”
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Why--Henry!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You startled me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
with speed
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading You startled me.
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading |SUE stared at him, caught her breath, laughed a little.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where's Betty?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why--Henry!
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading The Worm, thinking quickly, bitterness in his heart against the selfish lightness of the Village, bed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You startled me.
Chapter 32 of The Trufflers: A Story by Samuel Merwin holds 349 sentences, grouped into 70 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 32 holds 349 sentences of The Trufflers: A Story, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
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