Chapter 8 of Great Ghost Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Great Ghost Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It must be. He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible." "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow." "What is that?" "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
Chapter 8 of Great Ghost Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
in a state of sleep
From this reading “"That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."”
dearly loved
From this reading “"There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “"That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “"That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."”
a boy or man
From this reading “"There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “"That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."”
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 “"There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."”
In this reading “"That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."”
In this reading “He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
in a state of sleep
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It must be.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
dearly loved
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
a boy or man
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It must be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "It must be.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What is that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
a special situation
From this reading "There is one thing not impossible, my dear fellow."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is that?"
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He could not have come to the door without seeing him; it's impossible."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing."
Chapter 8 of Great Ghost Stories by Joseph Lewis [Compiler] French holds 419 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 8 holds 419 sentences of Great Ghost Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Great Ghost Stories by Joseph Lewis [Compiler] French exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 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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