Chapter 13 of The unwelcome man is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The unwelcome man is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Admire the sun, little bourgeois!” Quincy commanded. Of a sudden, the bug hopped away. There had been no food on his palm, for it. “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
Chapter 13 of The unwelcome man is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feel admiration for
From this reading ““Admire the sun, little bourgeois!””
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
From this reading ““Admire the sun, little bourgeois!””
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
From this reading “Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.”
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading “Quincy commanded.”
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading “Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.”
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading “There had been no food on his palm, for it.”
American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
From this reading “Quincy commanded.”
show unwillingness towards
From this reading ““You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.”
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 “Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.”
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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 Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
feel admiration for
From this reading “Admire the sun, little bourgeois!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
From this reading “Admire the sun, little bourgeois!”
a youthful male person
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
From this reading Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading Quincy commanded.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Admire the sun, little bourgeois!”
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
From this reading Quincy commanded.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Of a sudden, the bug hopped away.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “Admire the sun, little bourgeois!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Admire the sun, little bourgeois!”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There had been no food on his palm, for it.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You refuse to admire the sun?” said the boy, thoroughly serious.
Chapter 13 of The unwelcome man by Waldo David Frank holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 13 holds 402 sentences of The unwelcome man, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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