Chapter 5 of Chalk face is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Chalk face is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why did you come here?” came her voice again. “You who have found my name must find that, too.” “Oh, that is a mere ... surface. I have not gone into you, sir. I am not sure that I care to.”
Chapter 5 of Chalk face is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “I am not sure that I care to.””
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading ““You who have found my name must find that, too.””
destroyed or killed
From this reading “I have not gone into you, sir.”
being nothing more than specified
From this reading ““Oh, that is a mere ... surface.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““You who have found my name must find that, too.””
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I am not sure that I care to.””
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading ““Oh, that is a mere ... surface.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading ““Why did you come here?” came her voice again.”
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 ““Why did you come here?” came her voice again.”
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 “Oh, that is a mere ... surface.
anew
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not sure that I care to.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I am not sure that I care to.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
set up or found
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading I have not gone into you, sir.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have not gone into you, sir.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I have not gone into you, sir.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, that is a mere ... surface.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading “Oh, that is a mere ... surface.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not gone into you, sir.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, that is a mere ... surface.
term of address for a man
From this reading I have not gone into you, sir.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I am not sure that I care to.”
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “Oh, that is a mere ... surface.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am not sure that I care to.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
which person or people
From this reading “You who have found my name must find that, too.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why did you come here?” came her voice again.
Chapter 5 of Chalk face by Waldo David Frank holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 413 sentences of Chalk face, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Chalk face by Waldo David Frank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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 5 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 267 minutes of reading across 643 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Chalk face section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Chalk face, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
