Chapter 9 of Fire Island is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Fire Island is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Not he. Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness. Listen." "Yes, you're right. Whoever it is, is coming this way."
Chapter 9 of Fire Island is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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 act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Whoever it is, is coming this way."”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.”
go away from a place
From this reading “Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.”
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen."”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"Yes, you're right.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading “Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, you're right.”
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 act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Not he.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
go away from a place
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
hear with intention
From this reading Listen."
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not he.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Yes, you're right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whoever it is, is coming this way."
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Rimmer wouldn't leave his wooden fort in the darkness.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, you're right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, you're right.
Chapter 9 of Fire Island by George Manville Fenn holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 9 holds 425 sentences of Fire Island, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Fire Island by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 9 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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