Chapter 6 of Forward, Children! is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Forward, Children! is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ... We..." "Can’t you stay longer?" "You know I can’t--it’s impossible! And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
Chapter 6 of Forward, Children! is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “"We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “"We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “"You know I can’t--it’s impossible!”
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading “And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."”
for more time
From this reading “"Can’t you stay longer?"”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"Can’t you stay longer?"”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."”
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 “"We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...”
In this reading “"Can’t you stay longer?"”
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 "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Can’t you stay longer?"
determine the number or amount of
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
being eight more than forty
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You know I can’t--it’s impossible!
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading "You know I can’t--it’s impossible!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You know I can’t--it’s impossible!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "You know I can’t--it’s impossible!
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
for more time
From this reading "Can’t you stay longer?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
not any; not one
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Can’t you stay longer?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have forty-eight hours ... ah no ... it doesn’t do to count ...
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Lena ... she wants me to sleep with her."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Can’t you stay longer?"
Chapter 6 of Forward, Children! by Paul Alexander Bartlett holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 420 sentences of Forward, Children!, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Forward, Children! by Paul Alexander Bartlett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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 6 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 Forward, Children!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
