Chapter 11 of White Lightning is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of White Lightning is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room. How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands! Even the telephone was there to console him. So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn. Home and hungry.
Chapter 11 of White Lightning is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “band” — an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!”
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading “Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.”
conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
From this reading “So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.”
give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading “Even the telephone was there to console him.”
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
From this reading “So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.”
having a part of the body crippled or disabled
From this reading “Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.”
past form of “telephone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading “So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.”
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.
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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 Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
plural of “band” — an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
taking care or paying attention
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Home and hungry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Home and hungry.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading How carefully comfortable it had been made by loving bands!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
having a part of the body crippled or disabled
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
past form of “telephone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
the quality of having no practical use
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even the telephone was there to console him.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Having accepted this commission from a sense of his general uselessness, the mutilated man said good-night and went to his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he telephoned a telegram: Miss Coggeshall, Eglantine, Wickford, Conn.
Chapter 11 of White Lightning by Edwin Herbert Lewis holds 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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 11 holds 299 sentences of White Lightning, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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