Chapter 8 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I see you with Teddy all the time. Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis. I am working every day now in the afternoon. Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think. Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
Chapter 8 of Beginners Luck is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.”
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading “Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.”
go across or through
From this reading “Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.”
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading ““I see you with Teddy all the time.”
a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
From this reading “Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “I am working every day now in the afternoon.”
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.
In this reading “Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.”
In this reading “I am working every day now in the afternoon.”
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 Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am working every day now in the afternoon.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I am working every day now in the afternoon.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am working every day now in the afternoon.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I am working every day now in the afternoon.
go across or through
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Mrs. Lyons too, she is a nice lady.
precisely as stated
From this reading Mr. Lyons is very nice, I think.
at the time that
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Every afternoon, nearly, you pass the window when you go to play tennis.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading I am working every day now in the afternoon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I see you with Teddy all the time.
Chapter 8 of Beginners Luck by Emily Hahn holds 409 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 409 sentences of Beginners Luck, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Beginners Luck by Emily Hahn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 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.
Each of the 82 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 8 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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