Chapter 5 of Her evil genius is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of Her evil genius is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HER EVIL GENIUS. The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage. She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open. Where was she? What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
Chapter 5 of Her evil genius is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 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.
in a dim indistinct manner
From this reading “What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?”
unable to move or resist motion
From this reading “She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.”
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
From this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
From this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
lacking in rigor or strictness
From this reading “She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
a person who changes location
From this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
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 “HER EVIL GENIUS.”
In this reading “The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.”
In this reading “She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.”
In this reading “She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.”
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 train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
(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 The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
in a dim indistinct manner
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading HER EVIL GENIUS.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading HER EVIL GENIUS.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HER EVIL GENIUS.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
unable to move or resist motion
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
lacking in rigor or strictness
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
of inferior status or quality
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
characterized by or preferring solitude
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
create by training and teaching
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
a person who changes location
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where was she?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She lay on the floor, lax, inert as the dead; but her eyes were open.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was this hard, narrow place, where a light burned dimly?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where was she?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The train stopped with a jerk and a long jolting jar that startled all the passengers, and flung a solitary traveler from her seat in a second-class carriage.
Chapter 5 of Her evil genius by Adelaide Stirling holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 5 holds 107 sentences of Her evil genius, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Her evil genius by Adelaide Stirling exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 22 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 5 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.
Common questions about reading Her evil genius by Adelaide Stirling on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5975 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #75930 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #75930, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 497 minutes of reading across 1195 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Her evil genius section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of Her evil genius to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Her evil genius, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
