Chapter 22 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears. “What?” “A letter from Aunt Forsythe.” “Family matter. Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
Chapter 22 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading ““A letter from Aunt Forsythe.””
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading ““Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.”
a social unit living together
From this reading ““Family matter.”
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
From this reading “Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading ““A letter from Aunt Forsythe.””
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading ““Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading ““Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “A letter from Aunt Forsythe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
a social unit living together
From this reading “Family matter.
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A letter from Aunt Forsythe.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “A letter from Aunt Forsythe.”
the act of departing
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “A letter from Aunt Forsythe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Family matter.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Can't it wait?” said Henderson, going on with his figuring.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Will you read that?” said Margaret, in a voice that sounded strange in her own ears.
Chapter 22 of A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
Chapter 22 holds 183 sentences of A Little Journey in the World, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 22 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.
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