Chapter 3 of The Vertical City is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Vertical City is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Leo--give me time. Let me think." "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you. I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back." "I--do."
Chapter 3 of The Vertical City is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “"Leo--give me time.”
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading “"Leo--give me time.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me think."”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “"A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading “"A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “"A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I--do."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Leo--give me time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading "Leo--give me time.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me think."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Leo--give me time.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
used as intensifiers
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Let me think."
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Leo--give me time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I love you and want so terribly for you to love me back."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "A thousand thinks, Alma, but I love you.
Chapter 3 of The Vertical City by Fannie Hurst holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 3 holds 399 sentences of The Vertical City, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Vertical City by Fannie Hurst exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Vertical City, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
