Chapter 5 of Apes and Angels is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Apes and Angels is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said. “I’m an artist. How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?” “I beg your pardon?” “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
Chapter 5 of Apes and Angels is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading ““I’m an artist.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading ““I beg your pardon?””
deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading “How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?””
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading ““What field of endeavor do you decorate?””
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
From this reading ““What field of endeavor do you decorate?””
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading ““What field of endeavor do you decorate?””
accept an excuse for
From this reading ““I beg your pardon?””
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?””
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.
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.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “I’m an artist.
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading “I’m an artist.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “I beg your pardon?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?”
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?”
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
From this reading “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I beg your pardon?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m an artist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “I beg your pardon?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What field of endeavor do you decorate?”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading How do you cheat the wolf, Ned?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ll call you ‘Ned!’” she said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I beg your pardon?”
Chapter 5 of Apes and Angels by Richard Edward Connell holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of Apes and Angels, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Apes and Angels by Richard Edward Connell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 5 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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About 410 minutes of reading across 986 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Apes and Angels, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
