Chapter 6 of Blindfold is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Blindfold is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I? I can see that it hurts you. You understand why I am so interested--because of the name? That’s natural, isn’t it? But I’m glad to have learned about it.
Chapter 6 of Blindfold is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “But I’m glad to have learned about it.”
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “I can see that it hurts you.”
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading “You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?”
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading “But I’m glad to have learned about it.”
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading “That’s natural, isn’t it?”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading ““Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ““Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading ““Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?”
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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 “You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
for the reason that
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s natural, isn’t it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading That’s natural, isn’t it?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s natural, isn’t it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I’m glad to have learned about it.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading You understand why I am so interested--because of the name?
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “Ellen, I’m sorry, I’ve been opening an old wound, haven’t I?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can see that it hurts you.
Chapter 6 of Blindfold by Orrick Johns 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 6 holds 421 sentences of Blindfold, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Blindfold by Orrick Johns 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.
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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 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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About 314 minutes of reading across 754 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Blindfold section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Blindfold to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Blindfold, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
