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"Undo": A Novel

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.
He checked her bottle.
"Almost done."
For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.
She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

"Undo": A Novel

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.
Line 2
He checked her bottle.
Line 3
"Almost done."
Line 4
For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.
Line 5
She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.”

All words in this reading · 46

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a

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

after

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

Almost

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From this reading "Almost done."

and

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

arms

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

been

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

bottle

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From this reading He checked her bottle.

checked

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From this reading He checked her bottle.

cradling

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

deemed

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

done

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Almost done."

enough

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

For

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

girl

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

good

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

had

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

half

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

He

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From this reading He checked her bottle.

her

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From this reading He checked her bottle.

his

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

home

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

hospital

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

in

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

Isle

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From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

leave

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

length

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

months

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

one

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

Peter

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

pounds

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

quarter

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From this reading She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

said

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

scant

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

six

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

stay

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

That's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

time

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

tiny

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good girl," Peter said, cradling the tiny Isle in his arms.

touch-and-go

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

weighed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She weighed a scant six and a quarter pounds.

well

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

with

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From this reading For one and a half months she had been home with Peter, deemed well enough leave the hospital after a touch-and-go stay for the same length of time.

Chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel by Joe Hutsko holds 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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.

What does chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel contain?

Chapter 18 holds 254 sentences of "Undo": A Novel, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel by Joe Hutsko exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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.

How do I study chapter 18 of "Undo": A Novel?

Work through the 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 51 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.

Can chapter 18 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 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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Is this the complete text of "Undo": A Novel?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #480, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does "Undo": A Novel take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1643 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in "Undo": A Novel

Words and structures a reader meets early in "Undo": A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Chapters
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Author's
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Novel
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Fiction
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