Chapter 5 of Hidden Country is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Hidden Country is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Gad!” he whispered excitedly. “Gad!” He looked around and saw the men gathered aft. “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below. Where’s Brack?
Chapter 5 of Hidden Country is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading “He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.”
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading ““Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.”
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading ““Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading ““Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading ““Gad!” he whispered excitedly.”
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading ““Gad!” he whispered excitedly.”
brought together in one place
From this reading “He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading ““Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.”
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.
look about oneself
In this reading “He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.”
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at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where’s Brack?
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “Gad!” he whispered excitedly.
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading “Gad!” he whispered excitedly.
brought together in one place
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Gad!” he whispered excitedly.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
the force of workers available
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
cut with a saw
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He looked around and saw the men gathered aft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where’s Brack?
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “Gad!” he whispered excitedly.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “Wilson,” he commanded, “drive that bunch below.
Chapter 5 of Hidden Country by Henry Oyen holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Hidden Country, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Hidden Country by Henry Oyen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
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