Chapter 14 of Ulysses is here in full — 594 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Ulysses is here in full — 594 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Her stockings are loose over her ankles. I detest that: so tasteless. Those literary etherial people they are all. Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic. Esthetes they are.
Chapter 14 of Ulysses is here in full — 594 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.
plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading “Her stockings are loose over her ankles.”
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading “Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic.”
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
From this reading “I detest that: so tasteless.”
dreamy in mood or nature
From this reading “Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic.”
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
From this reading “Those literary etherial people they are all.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “Her stockings are loose over her ankles.”
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading “Her stockings are loose over her ankles.”
lacking flavor
From this reading “I detest that: so tasteless.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic.
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
From this reading I detest that: so tasteless.
dreamy in mood or nature
From this reading Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Esthetes they are.
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From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I detest that: so tasteless.
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
above and across; more than
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I detest that: so tasteless.
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading Her stockings are loose over her ankles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dreamy, cloudy, symbolistic.
lacking flavor
From this reading I detest that: so tasteless.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I detest that: so tasteless.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those literary etherial people they are all.
Chapter 14 of Ulysses by James Joyce holds 594 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 14 holds 594 sentences of Ulysses, unabridged, divided into 119 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Ulysses by James Joyce exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 594 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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