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Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sherwood Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

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Chapter XV Reading 1/37

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

Line 2

On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

Line 3

For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

Line 4

He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

Line 5

Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

Learner Dictionary

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.”

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a

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

an

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

and

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

annoying

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

be

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been

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From this reading The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

before

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

began

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

believe

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

book

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

both

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by

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

could

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

earnestness

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

evening

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

fifth

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fire

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

for

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

fourth

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from

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get

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

gone

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

great

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had

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From this reading The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

he

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

her

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him

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his

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hour

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

house

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in

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

Kate

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log

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

love

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

make

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

meant

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must

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not

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of

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On

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

once

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or

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

out

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

pile

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

pleasing

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From this reading He began to believe she must be in love with him and the thought was both pleasing and annoying.

read

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

reporter

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school

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she

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

sprang

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

sticks

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

Swift

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talk

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

talked

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teacher

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The

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thinking

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From this reading The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

thought

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time

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From this reading For the fourth or fifth time the woman had talked to him with great earnestness and he could not make out what she meant by her talk.

to

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

Up

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From this reading Up from the log he sprang and began to pile sticks on the fire.

wanted

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

was

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what

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who

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with

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From this reading On the evening before he had gone to her house to get a book she wanted him to read and had been alone with her for an hour.

woman

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young

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From this reading The young reporter was thinking of Kate Swift, who had once been his school teacher.

Chapter 15 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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Chapter 15 holds 188 sentences of Winesburg, Ohio, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

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