Chapter 4 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No!” Mert spoke up sharply. “Go on. You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!” “Sure, go on!”
Chapter 4 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 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.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!””
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!””
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!””
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!””
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “Mert spoke up sharply.”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading “You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!””
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Mert spoke up sharply.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ““Sure, go on!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Go on.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mert spoke up sharply.
not any; not one
From this reading “No!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Go on.
precisely, exactly
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading Mert spoke up sharply.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Mert spoke up sharply.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure, go on!”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mert spoke up sharply.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You're doing all right so far--don't spoil it by laying down on your job!”
Chapter 4 of Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 4 holds 191 sentences of Cabin Fever, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 270 minutes of reading across 650 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Cabin Fever section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Cabin Fever, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
