Chapter 9 of Cattle is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of Cattle is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women. I am afraid of children. Animals are my only friends. I'm not pretty. My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
Chapter 9 of Cattle is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I am afraid of children.”
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Animals are my only friends.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.”
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading “Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “I'm not pretty.”
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I am afraid of children.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am afraid of children.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Animals are my only friends.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Animals are my only friends.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I am afraid of children.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
look down on with disdain
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Animals are my only friends.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm not pretty.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
the force of workers available
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Animals are my only friends.
not any; not one
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'm not pretty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
and nothing more
From this reading Animals are my only friends.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading I'm not pretty.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading My face is hard, my hair--what is left of it--of no color.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Part of journal kept by Lady Angella Loring: I hate men and despise women.
Chapter 9 of Cattle by Onoto Watanna holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 9 holds 154 sentences of Cattle, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Cattle by Onoto Watanna exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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