Chapter 26 of Footlights is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Footlights is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My deah—what has become of the orange motah?” Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie. “What—d-do you mean?” “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.” “Oh!
Chapter 26 of Footlights is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading ““My deah—what has become of the orange motah?””
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading ““Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.””
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““What—d-do you mean?””
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading ““My deah—what has become of the orange motah?””
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading ““Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.””
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.””
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading ““Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.””
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What—d-do you mean?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What—d-do you mean?”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Miss Mariette turned her round stare on Sallie.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “My deah—what has become of the orange motah?”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading “Well, the yellow peril doesn’t seem to be on duty any more.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What—d-do you mean?”
Chapter 26 of Footlights by Rita Weiman holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 26 holds 202 sentences of Footlights, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Footlights by Rita Weiman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 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 26 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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