Chapter 10 of Ann Arbor Tales is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Ann Arbor Tales is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head. "No," he said. "Och, yes, no," his mother muttered. "How's Pauline?" he asked. "She's vell; she's to a dance."
Chapter 10 of Ann Arbor Tales 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.
a youthful male person
From this reading “The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “"She's vell; she's to a dance."”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “"Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.”
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading “"How's Pauline?" he asked.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.”
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.
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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 "She's vell; she's to a dance."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "How's Pauline?" he asked.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading "She's vell; she's to a dance."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No," he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How's Pauline?" he asked.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading "Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading "How's Pauline?" he asked.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's vell; she's to a dance."
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy laughed forcedly, and shook his head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She's vell; she's to a dance."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's vell; she's to a dance."
an affirmative
From this reading "Och, yes, no," his mother muttered.
Chapter 10 of Ann Arbor Tales by Karl Edwin Harriman 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 10 holds 415 sentences of Ann Arbor Tales, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Ann Arbor Tales by Karl Edwin Harriman 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 Ann Arbor Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
