Chapter 13 of Esther Waters is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Esther Waters is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat." "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat? Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?" "I don't want to go with you. You want me no more.
Chapter 13 of Esther Waters is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “"Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."”
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “"Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “"Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"”
the seed of the cereal grass
From this reading “Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"I don't want to go with you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I don't want to go with you.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You want me no more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
not any; not one
From this reading You want me no more.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
the seed of the cereal grass
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aren't you coming with father to the Rye to see me sail it?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I don't want to go with you.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, mummie, what have I done that you won't look at my boat?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, I don't know; don't bother me with your boat."
Chapter 13 of Esther Waters by George Moore holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 13 holds 400 sentences of Esther Waters, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Esther Waters by George Moore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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