Chapter 6 of The Turn of the Screw is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Turn of the Screw is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Away from here. Away from _them_. Away, even most of all, now, from me. Straight to her uncle.” “Only to tell on you—?”
Chapter 6 of The Turn of the Screw is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ““Away from here.”
divisible by two
From this reading “Away, even most of all, now, from me.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ““Away from here.”
and nothing more
From this reading ““Only to tell on you—?””
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Straight to her uncle.””
express in words
From this reading ““Only to tell on you—?””
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Straight to her uncle.””
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.
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Away from here.
divisible by two
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Away from here.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Straight to her uncle.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Away from here.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Away, even most of all, now, from me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Only to tell on you—?”
and nothing more
From this reading “Only to tell on you—?”
successive (without a break)
From this reading Straight to her uncle.”
express in words
From this reading “Only to tell on you—?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Away from _them_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Straight to her uncle.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Straight to her uncle.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Only to tell on you—?”
Chapter 6 of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of The Turn of the Screw, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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