Chapter 12 of You can't win is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of You can't win is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident. The first thing was to get rooms. My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself. Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms. I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Chapter 12 of You can't win is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
showing careful forethought
From this reading “Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.”
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
From this reading “I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.”
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading “I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.”
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.”
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading “We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.”
superlative of “safe” — free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.”
act as a barrier between; stand between
From this reading “Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The first thing was to get rooms.”
In this reading “We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
showing careful forethought
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
recognizable; marked
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
set up or found
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
a person of German nationality
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
a single distinct event
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
(often followed by “to”) having a preference, disposition, or tendency
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
superlative of “safe” — free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
act as a barrier between; stand between
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
a person who smiles
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
a special situation
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
in the direction of
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
in or at the place that
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
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