Chapter 1 of Dig Here! is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Dig Here! is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DIG HERE! DIG HERE! “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?” Eve asked. She was parked on the couch in my room.
Chapter 1 of Dig Here! is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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 sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading ““BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?””
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “She was parked on the couch in my room.”
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading “DIG HERE!”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “Eve asked.”
that have been left
From this reading “She was parked on the couch in my room.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “She was parked on the couch in my room.”
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading ““BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?””
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?””
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 “She was parked on the couch in my room.”
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.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Eve asked.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading DIG HERE!
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading Eve asked.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading DIG HERE!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
that have been left
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was parked on the couch in my room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “BUT this aunt of yours, Sandy, what’s she like?”
Chapter 1 of Dig Here! by Gladys Allen holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 1 holds 440 sentences of Dig Here!, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Dig Here! by Gladys Allen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 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 1 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 358 minutes of reading across 861 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Dig Here! section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Dig Here!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
