Chapter 8 of Foes is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Foes is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice. "Come to the fire! I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me! Davie told you that Alexander has come?" "Yes.
Chapter 8 of Foes is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading “Davie told you that Alexander has come?"”
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!”
third-person singular of “frighten” — cause fear in
From this reading “I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!”
United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)
From this reading “Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.”
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!”
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading “I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come to the fire!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
start firing a weapon
From this reading "Come to the fire!
set up or found
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
third-person singular of “frighten” — cause fear in
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
not in physical motion
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
in or at the place that
From this reading Strickland went, to the hall, where he found Alice.
a Caucasian
From this reading I've been watching the snow, but it is so white and thick and still it fair frightens me!
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Davie told you that Alexander has come?"
Chapter 8 of Foes by Mary Johnston holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 8 holds 191 sentences of Foes, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Foes by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 39 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 8 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Foes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
