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Beyond the City

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Beyond the City is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Tell me, Miss Walker!
You know how things should be.
What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"
The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.
The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Beyond the City

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Beyond the City is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Tell me, Miss Walker!
Line 2
You know how things should be.
Line 3
What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"
Line 4
The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.
Line 5
The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

Learner Dictionary

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.

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.”

All words in this reading · 63

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.

a

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

abandoned

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

about

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

amused

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

and

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

at

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

be

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From this reading You know how things should be.

been

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

by

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

Charles

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

education

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

evening

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

fallen

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

for

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

game

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

girl

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

glanced

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

good

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

ground

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

had

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

has

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

him

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

how

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From this reading You know how things should be.

in

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

is

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

know

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From this reading You know how things should be.

man

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

me

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From this reading "Tell me, Miss Walker!

Miss

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From this reading "Tell me, Miss Walker!

nature

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

no

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

not

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

now

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

of

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

profession

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

quick

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

say

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

shadows

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

should

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From this reading You know how things should be.

speaker

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

speaking

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

summer

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

surprised

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

Tell

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From this reading "Tell me, Miss Walker!

tennis

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

The

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

things

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From this reading You know how things should be.

this

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

though

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

time

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

twenty-six

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

up

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From this reading The girl glanced up at him, amused and surprised.

very

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

Walker

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From this reading "Tell me, Miss Walker!

was

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

Westmacott

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From this reading The speaker was Charles Westmacott, and the time this same summer evening in the tennis ground, though the shadows had fallen now and the game been abandoned.

What

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

who

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

worth

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

would

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

You

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From this reading You know how things should be.

young

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From this reading What would you say was a good profession for a young man of twenty-six who has had no education worth speaking about, and who is not very quick by nature?"

Chapter 4 of Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 4 of Beyond the City contain?

Chapter 4 holds 153 sentences of Beyond the City, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of Beyond the City?

Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 31 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.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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.

Questions about reading Beyond the City

Common questions about reading Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Beyond the City?

Yes. All 2946 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #356 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Beyond the City is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #356, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Beyond the City take to read?

About 245 minutes of reading across 590 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Beyond the City

Words and structures a reader meets early in Beyond the City, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Please
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beyond the City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Voice
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beyond the City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Domestic
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beyond the City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Somewhere
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beyond the City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.