Chapter 3 of Anchorite is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Anchorite is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The crowning glory came this afternoon. You should have been there." "I was up to here in work, Larry. I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon. Did the great man give his speech?"
Chapter 3 of Anchorite is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “"The crowning glory came this afternoon.”
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.”
representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
From this reading “"The crowning glory came this afternoon.”
a state of high honor
From this reading “"The crowning glory came this afternoon.”
a midday meal
From this reading “I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.”
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading “Did the great man give his speech?"”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “"I was up to here in work, Larry.”
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 I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You should have been there."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
a state of high honor
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have been there."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
and nothing more
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
a midday meal
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have been there."
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading Did the great man give his speech?"
carry out
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
in or at that place or location
From this reading You should have been there."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "The crowning glory came this afternoon.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I just couldn't take the time off to attend a club luncheon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "I was up to here in work, Larry.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have been there."
Chapter 3 of Anchorite by Randall Garrett holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 3 holds 453 sentences of Anchorite, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Anchorite by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Anchorite, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
