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Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sherwood Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg.

Like all old-fashioned country practitioners, Doctor Reefy pulled teeth, and the woman who waited held a handkerchief to her teeth and groaned.

Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

The tall dark girl did not pay any attention.

When the woman and the man had gone the doctor smiled.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter III Reading 1/38

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg.

Line 2

Like all old-fashioned country practitioners, Doctor Reefy pulled teeth, and the woman who waited held a handkerchief to her teeth and groaned.

Line 3

Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

Line 4

The tall dark girl did not pay any attention.

Line 5

When the woman and the man had gone the doctor smiled.

Learner Dictionary

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.”

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a

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all

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and

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any

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attention

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bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

bookstore

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both

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country

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dark

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did

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doctor

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down

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dress

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girl

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From this reading The tall dark girl did not pay any attention.

gone

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groaned

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had

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handkerchief

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held

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her

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husband

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In

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kept

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Like

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man

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not

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of

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office

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old-fashioned

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on

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out

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pay

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practitioners

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pulled

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ran

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Reefy

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screamed

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smiled

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From this reading When the woman and the man had gone the doctor smiled.

taken

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tall

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teeth

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the

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there

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they

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From this reading Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

to

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From this reading Like all old-fashioned country practitioners, Doctor Reefy pulled teeth, and the woman who waited held a handkerchief to her teeth and groaned.

tooth

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From this reading Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

waited

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was

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From this reading In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg.

when

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From this reading Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

white

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who

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From this reading In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg.

wife

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Winesburg

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with

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woman

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From this reading In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg.

woman's

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From this reading Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman’s white dress.

Chapter 3 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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.

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