Chapter XII of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country, “Halloran Goes to Chicago,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter XII of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country, “Halloran Goes to Chicago,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk. “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked. “Surely. More than I want. Sit down.”
Chapter XII of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country, “Halloran Goes to Chicago,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 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.
past form of “chance” — be the case by chance
From this reading “The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading ““Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.”
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading “The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading ““Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.”
be seated
From this reading “Sit down.””
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““Surely.”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “Sit down.””
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading “The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.”
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 The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
past form of “chance” — be the case by chance
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sit down.”
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading More than I want.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More than I want.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
above and across; more than
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
be seated
From this reading Sit down.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Surely.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than I want.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning--it chanced to be a Friday--Crosman came over to Halloran's desk.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading More than I want.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you a couple of minutes?” he asked.
Chapter 12 of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country by Samuel Merwin holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 131 sentences of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country by Samuel Merwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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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