Chapter 10 of Captures is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Captures is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“It’s comic.” “Is it? He doesn’t show a sign of shame. He’ll call it from the house-tops. I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
Chapter 10 of Captures is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading “I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.””
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “He’ll call it from the house-tops.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading ““It’s comic.””
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.””
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “He doesn’t show a sign of shame.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “He doesn’t show a sign of shame.”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “He doesn’t show a sign of shame.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.””
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 “I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.””
as might be expected
In this reading “I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.””
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 He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He’ll call it from the house-tops.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “It’s comic.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He’ll call it from the house-tops.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’ll call it from the house-tops.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’ll call it from the house-tops.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s comic.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading He doesn’t show a sign of shame.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He’ll call it from the house-tops.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought, of course, he’d go abroad.”
Chapter 10 of Captures by John Galsworthy holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 10 holds 409 sentences of Captures, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Captures by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 10 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 411 minutes of reading across 989 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Captures section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Captures 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 Captures, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
