Chapter 11 of Contact, and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Contact, and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?” “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.” “You could know eet from that door?” “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.” “Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!”
Chapter 11 of Contact, and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading ““You could know eet from that door?””
the boundary of a surface
From this reading ““I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.””
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading ““It is indeed--it most emphatically is.””
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading ““I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading ““Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!””
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading ““Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?””
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading ““It is indeed--it most emphatically is.””
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ““You could know eet from that door?””
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.
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.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.”
a native village in Malaysia
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!”
used to form the superlative
From this reading “It is indeed--it most emphatically is.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hush--oh, hush--eet ees my pairfume?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I could know it from the far edge of the _kampong_.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Then they fin’ me--then, oh, they fin’ me!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You could know eet from that door?”
Chapter 11 of Contact, and Other Stories by Frances Noyes Hart holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 11 holds 420 sentences of Contact, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Contact, and Other Stories by Frances Noyes Hart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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 11 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 388 minutes of reading across 933 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Contact, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
