Chapter 10 of Guest the One-Eyed is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Guest the One-Eyed is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Time rolled on. The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light. Winter was near at hand. Then came the snow. First one night, when all was still.
Chapter 10 of Guest the One-Eyed is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.”
past form of “dwindle” — become smaller or lose substance
From this reading “The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.”
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
From this reading “The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “Time rolled on.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Then came the snow.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Winter was near at hand.”
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.
close in space; within reach
In this reading “Winter was near at hand.”
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 The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
(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 First one night, when all was still.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Winter was near at hand.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came the snow.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
past form of “dwindle” — become smaller or lose substance
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First one night, when all was still.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Winter was near at hand.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
for more time
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Winter was near at hand.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading First one night, when all was still.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Time rolled on.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading First one night, when all was still.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading Time rolled on.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Then came the snow.
not in physical motion
From this reading First one night, when all was still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came the snow.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time rolled on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The autumn nights grew longer; the days dwindled to a few hours’ feeble light.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Winter was near at hand.
at the time that
From this reading First one night, when all was still.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Winter was near at hand.
Chapter 10 of Guest the One-Eyed by Gunnar Gunnarsson holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 10 holds 128 sentences of Guest the One-Eyed, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Guest the One-Eyed by Gunnar Gunnarsson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 26 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 10 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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