Chapter 3 of This Side of Paradise is here in full — 595 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of This Side of Paradise is here in full — 595 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ouch! Let me go!” He dropped his arms to his sides. “What’s the matter?” “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
Chapter 3 of This Side of Paradise is here in full — 595 sentences across 119 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.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading “He dropped his arms to his sides.”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “He dropped his arms to his sides.”
be the source of pain
From this reading ““Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!””
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading ““Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!””
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading ““What’s the matter?””
a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading ““Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!””
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “He dropped his arms to his sides.”
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
From this reading ““Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let me go!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
be the source of pain
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me go!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What’s the matter?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me go!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ouch!
a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What’s the matter?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He dropped his arms to his sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the matter?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your shirt stud—it hurt me—look!”
Chapter 3 of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald holds 595 sentences, grouped into 119 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 3 holds 595 sentences of This Side of Paradise, unabridged, divided into 119 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 595 sentences, grouped into 119 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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