Chapter 5 of Blindfold is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Blindfold is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week. She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress. Can I sell some of Momma’s wine? We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.” “Ach Himmel!”
Chapter 5 of Blindfold is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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 block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
sit on one's heels
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.”
plural of “section” — a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “Can I sell some of Momma’s wine?”
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
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 ““Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.”
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 She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ach Himmel!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
lacking funds
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can I sell some of Momma’s wine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
put on clothes
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
take in liquids
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
at any time
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ach Himmel!”
sit on one's heels
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Can I sell some of Momma’s wine?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
immediately past
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can I sell some of Momma’s wine?
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
plural of “section” — a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading Can I sell some of Momma’s wine?
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She got a big price, enough to buy a new dress.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “Poppa,” broke in Lilly, as she cut the long flat sections of coffee cake, “Mary Hunker was selling some of Johann’s wine over at Corey’s last week.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading We can’t ever drink up what we got every year.”
Chapter 5 of Blindfold by Orrick Johns holds 425 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 425 sentences of Blindfold, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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About 314 minutes of reading across 754 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blindfold, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
