Chapter 5 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm. Shot the husband and the guide. They died immediately.” “Oh!” “Immediately.
Chapter 5 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “They died immediately.””
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “Shot the husband and the guide.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Shot the husband and the guide.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “They died immediately.””
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “Shot the husband and the guide.”
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading “Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading They died immediately.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading Shot the husband and the guide.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Shot the husband and the guide.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading They died immediately.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Shot the husband and the guide.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shot the husband and the guide.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They died immediately.”
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading Flo twisted around and looked, “Hmmm.
Chapter 5 of Beginners Luck by Emily Hahn holds 421 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 5 holds 421 sentences of Beginners Luck, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Beginners Luck by Emily Hahn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 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.
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