Chapter 8 of Argonaut stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Argonaut stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Harrison’s hand went to his forehead. “She’s dead,” he said. A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out. So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender. Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
Chapter 8 of Argonaut stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 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.
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an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
From this reading “So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.”
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.”
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading “Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.”
possessive form of “harrison” — English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.”
plural of “sled” — a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading “Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.”
the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
From this reading “A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.”
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.
an exterior door at one side of a building
In this reading “A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.”
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 A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “She’s dead,” he said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
possessive form of “harrison” — English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She’s dead,” he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “She’s dead,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She’s dead,” he said.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
plural of “sled” — a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading Outside in one of the big freighting sleds lay Mrs. Harrison.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A teamster came in the side door and spoke to him, and he followed the man out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading So did two of the dance-hall girls and the first bartender.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Harrison’s hand went to his forehead.
Chapter 8 of Argonaut stories by Jerome [Editor] Hart holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 424 sentences of Argonaut stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Argonaut stories by Jerome [Editor] Hart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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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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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Argonaut stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
