Chapter 8 of Graustark is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Graustark is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No; because I am a woman. As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot. Now, have I made you understand? Have I been bold enough?” Her face was burning.
Chapter 8 of Graustark is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
for the reason that
From this reading ““No; because I am a woman.”
fearless and daring
From this reading “Have I been bold enough?””
the act of burning something
From this reading “Her face was burning.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Have I been bold enough?””
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “Now, have I made you understand?”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.”
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 “No; because I am a woman.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “No; because I am a woman.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
for the reason that
From this reading “No; because I am a woman.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Have I been bold enough?”
fearless and daring
From this reading Have I been bold enough?”
the act of burning something
From this reading Her face was burning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Have I been bold enough?”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her face was burning.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, have I made you understand?
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her face was burning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No; because I am a woman.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Now, have I made you understand?
not any; not one
From this reading “No; because I am a woman.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, have I made you understand?
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Now, have I made you understand?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading As a woman I want to hear them, as, a princess I cannot.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her face was burning.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “No; because I am a woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, have I made you understand?
Chapter 8 of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 8 holds 418 sentences of Graustark, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 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 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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About 542 minutes of reading across 1302 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Graustark section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Graustark, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
