Chapter 6 of Blindness is here in full — 828 sentences across 166 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Blindness is here in full — 828 sentences across 166 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.” “But do you mind my calling you June? I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan. You are just like June, too.” “Why should I be like June?
Chapter 6 of Blindness is here in full — 828 sentences across 166 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.””
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading ““But do you mind my calling you June?”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.””
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ““But do you mind my calling you June?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.””
comparative of “nice” — pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.””
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are just like June, too.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Why should I be like June?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But do you mind my calling you June?
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “But do you mind my calling you June?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “But do you mind my calling you June?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
and nothing more
From this reading You are just like June, too.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You are just like June, too.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “But do you mind my calling you June?
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
comparative of “nice” — pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Why should I be like June?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think June is such a lovely name, so much nicer than Joan.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You are just like June, too.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WALKING OUT “MY name isn’t June, it’s Joan, and always was.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why should I be like June?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But do you mind my calling you June?
Chapter 6 of Blindness by Henry Green holds 828 sentences, grouped into 166 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 828 sentences of Blindness, unabridged, divided into 166 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Blindness by Henry Green exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 828 sentences, grouped into 166 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 166 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 166 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blindness, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
