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Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 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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The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

And so into the room in the evening came young Enoch’s friends.

There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

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Chapter XVI Reading 1/38

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 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

The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

Line 2

It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

Line 3

The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

Line 4

And so into the room in the evening came young Enoch’s friends.

Line 5

There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

Learner Dictionary

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

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “It is important to get that fixed in your mind.”

All words in this reading · 54

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a

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

about

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

almost

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

and

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

artists

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

came

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Enoch

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Enoch's

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evening

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except

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faced

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fact

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

fixed

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

friends

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get

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

hallway

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

important

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

in

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into

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From this reading And so into the room in the evening came young Enoch’s friends.

is

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

It

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

kind

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

like

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

lived

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

long

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

man

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

more

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

narrow

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

New

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

nothing

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of

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

particularly

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

Robinson

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room

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

so

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Square

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story

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striking

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

talk

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than

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From this reading The story of Enoch is in fact the story of a room almost more than it is the story of a man.

that

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

The

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them

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There

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they

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

to

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

was

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

Washington

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

were

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From this reading There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk.

which

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York

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

young

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From this reading The room in which young Robinson lived in New York faced Washington Square and was long and narrow like a hallway.

your

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From this reading It is important to get that fixed in your mind.

Chapter 16 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.

What does chapter 16 of Winesburg, Ohio contain?

Chapter 16 holds 193 sentences of Winesburg, Ohio, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

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