Chapter 16 of A Bachelor Husband is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of A Bachelor Husband is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It is the little rift within the lute. Which, widening ever, make the music mute." MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered. Chris was almost as embarrassed as she. He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
Chapter 16 of A Bachelor Husband is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/68 · 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.
in an awkward manner
From this reading “He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.”
the top edge of a vessel or other container
From this reading “MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.”
-ing form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.”
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
From this reading “Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.”
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
From this reading “"It is the little rift within the lute.”
expressed without speech
From this reading “Which, widening ever, make the music mute."”
a gap between cloud masses
From this reading “"It is the little rift within the lute.”
an increase in width
From this reading “Which, widening ever, make the music mute."”
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 “MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.”
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.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.
in an awkward manner
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
the top edge of a vessel or other container
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.
-ing form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
From this reading Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
at any time
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
engage in
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
expressed without speech
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
a gap between cloud masses
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
From this reading He colored to the roots of his hair and laughed awkwardly.
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Chris was almost as embarrassed as she.
at the time that
From this reading MARIE had stopped dead, the blood rushing to her face, her hands nervously clutching the brim of the hat she had taken off when she entered.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
an increase in width
From this reading Which, widening ever, make the music mute."
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "It is the little rift within the lute.
Chapter 16 of A Bachelor Husband by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres holds 344 sentences, grouped into 69 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 16 holds 344 sentences of A Bachelor Husband, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of A Bachelor Husband by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 344 sentences, grouped into 69 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 69 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 69 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading A Bachelor Husband by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 8186 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42085 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #42085, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1638 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Bachelor Husband section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 27 chapters of A Bachelor Husband to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Bachelor Husband, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
