Chapter 4 of Here and beyond is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Here and beyond is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well—ague of the mind, then. It’s his brain that’s sick.” Bosworth shrugged. “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.” “That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.
Chapter 4 of Here and beyond is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading ““That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.”
a fit of shivering or shaking
From this reading ““Well—ague of the mind, then.”
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “It’s his brain that’s sick.””
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading ““He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.””
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading ““That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.”
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
From this reading ““He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.””
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Bosworth shrugged.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “It’s his brain that’s sick.””
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.
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united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.
a fit of shivering or shaking
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bosworth shrugged.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading It’s his brain that’s sick.”
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading “That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It’s his brain that’s sick.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “He ain’t the first in Hemlock County.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s his brain that’s sick.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Bosworth shrugged.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading It’s his brain that’s sick.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “That’s so,” the Deacon agreed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s his brain that’s sick.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well—ague of the mind, then.
Chapter 4 of Here and beyond by Edith Wharton holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 4 holds 442 sentences of Here and beyond, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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