Chapter 5 of Alone is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Alone is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We are all wearing them, this season." "So I perceive. How do you get into them?" "Very slowly." "Are they elastic?"
Chapter 5 of Alone is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
From this reading “"Are they elastic?"”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How do you get into them?"”
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading “"So I perceive.”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “"We are all wearing them, this season."”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “"Very slowly."”
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading “"We are all wearing them, this season."”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you get into them?"
capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
From this reading "Are they elastic?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How do you get into them?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How do you get into them?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "So I perceive.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading How do you get into them?"
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading "So I perceive.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading "Very slowly."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So I perceive.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Are they elastic?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very slowly."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading "We are all wearing them, this season."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How do you get into them?"
Chapter 5 of Alone by Norman Douglas holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 415 sentences of Alone, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Alone by Norman Douglas exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Alone, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
