Chapter 3 of Honeycomb is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Honeycomb is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The next day the ground was powdered with snow. Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind. The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys. An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow. No sound came from the woods.
Chapter 3 of Honeycomb is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bellow” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading “The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.”
plural of “chimney” — a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading “The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.”
unpleasantly stern
From this reading “Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.”
consisting of fine particles
From this reading “The next day the ground was powdered with snow.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.”
plural of “snowflake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading “Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.”
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 “The next day the ground was powdered with snow.”
In this reading “Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.”
In this reading “An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.”
In this reading “No sound came from the woods.”
In this reading “The next day the ground was powdered with snow.”
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 Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
past form of “bellow” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading No sound came from the woods.
plural of “chimney” — a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No sound came from the woods.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
unpleasantly stern
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
moving with great haste
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
not any; not one
From this reading No sound came from the woods.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
consisting of fine particles
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wind snored round the house like a flame and bellowed in the chimneys.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
plural of “snowflake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading No sound came from the woods.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Large snowflakes were hurrying through the air driving to and fro on a harsh wind.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading An opened window let in the cold air and the smell of the snow.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next day the ground was powdered with snow.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading No sound came from the woods.
Chapter 3 of Honeycomb by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson holds 477 sentences, grouped into 96 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 3 holds 477 sentences of Honeycomb, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Honeycomb by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 477 sentences, grouped into 96 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 96 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 96 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.
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About 245 minutes of reading across 590 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Honeycomb section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Honeycomb, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
