Chapter 9 of They Call Me Carpenter is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of They Call Me Carpenter is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“They're a hard crowd--” I admitted. “I have seen them! They are stone-faced men! They are wolves with machinery! They are savages with polished fingernails!
Chapter 9 of They Call Me Carpenter is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading ““They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading ““They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.”
plural of “fingernail” — the nail at the end of a finger
From this reading “They are savages with polished fingernails!”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading ““They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.”
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading “They are wolves with machinery!”
perfected or made shiny and smooth
From this reading “They are savages with polished fingernails!”
plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading “They are savages with polished fingernails!”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “They are wolves with machinery!”
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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 “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
plural of “fingernail” — the nail at the end of a finger
From this reading They are savages with polished fingernails!
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have seen them!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading They are wolves with machinery!
the force of workers available
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
perfected or made shiny and smooth
From this reading They are savages with polished fingernails!
plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading They are savages with polished fingernails!
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I have seen them!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I have seen them!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are stone-faced men!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They're a hard crowd--” I admitted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They are wolves with machinery!
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading They are wolves with machinery!
Chapter 9 of They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair holds 348 sentences, grouped into 70 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 348 sentences of They Call Me Carpenter, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
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