Chapter 9 of Five Tales is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Five Tales is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Midland” “That'll do. You needn't sell.” “Yes, but who are these people?” “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.” What a face the fellow had made!
Chapter 9 of Five Tales is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/44 · 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.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading ““Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.””
a boy or man
From this reading “What a face the fellow had made!”
a town in west central Texas
From this reading ““Midland” “That'll do.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “You needn't sell.””
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading ““Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.””
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ““Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.””
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ““Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.””
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, but who are these people?””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Midland” “That'll do.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
a boy or man
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
a town in west central Texas
From this reading “Midland” “That'll do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You needn't sell.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading You needn't sell.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Midland” “That'll do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a face the fellow had made!
which person or people
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Woman and her children I want to do a good turn to.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, but who are these people?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You needn't sell.”
Chapter 9 of Five Tales by John Galsworthy holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 221 sentences of Five Tales, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Five Tales by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 45 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Five Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
