Chapter 8 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!) LAURA. Where are you going, Father? THOMAS. To Hell, child!
Chapter 8 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “To Hell, child!”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Where are you going, Father?”
grow vigorously
the act of departing
From this reading “Where are you going, Father?”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “(_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “To Hell, child!”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “(_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “THOMAS.”
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 (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Where are you going, Father?
a young person of either sex
From this reading To Hell, child!
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Where are you going, Father?
grow vigorously
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
the act of departing
From this reading Where are you going, Father?
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading To Hell, child!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LAURA.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading THOMAS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Hell, child!
in or at the place that
From this reading Where are you going, Father?
in the company of; together with
From this reading (_He puts on his hat with a flourish_!)
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where are you going, Father?
Chapter 8 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian by Laurence Housman holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 8 holds 410 sentences of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian by Laurence Housman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
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