Chapter 6 of Esther is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Esther is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Come out yourself, Esther. You need it more than she does." "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther. "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself." "I thought you hated it too."
Chapter 6 of Esther is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading “"Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."”
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading “"Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “"Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “"Come out yourself, Esther.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “"I thought you hated it too."”
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “"Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."”
according to the clock
From this reading “"Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “"Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.”
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come out yourself, Esther.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You need it more than she does."
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading "Come out yourself, Esther.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading "I thought you hated it too."
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought you hated it too."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You need it more than she does."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You need it more than she does."
a condition requiring relief
From this reading You need it more than she does."
according to the clock
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Come out yourself, Esther.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You need it more than she does."
carry out
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You need it more than she does."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought you hated it too."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "I thought you hated it too."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Aunt Sarah is coming at two o'clock to take me to drive," said Esther.
except if; if not
From this reading "Catherine hates driving unless she drives herself."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You need it more than she does."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Come out yourself, Esther.
Chapter 6 of Esther by Henry Adams holds 415 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 6 holds 415 sentences of Esther, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Esther by Henry Adams exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 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 6 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 280 minutes of reading across 673 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Esther, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
