Chapter 5 of In the Van is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of In the Van is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Eave-oh-haw, 'eave-oh-hoh! 'Eave-oh-haw, yoh-hee! Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me. 'Eave-oh-hie, 'eave-oh-haw! 'Eave-oh-hie, yoh-hoh!
Chapter 5 of In the Van is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 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.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.”
witty remark
From this reading “Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.”
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.”
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.
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.”
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.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Eave-oh-haw, 'eave-oh-hoh!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Eave-oh-hie, 'eave-oh-haw!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Eave-oh-haw, 'eave-oh-hoh!
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
witty remark
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sally come out to the wishing gate, To the wishing gate with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Eave-oh-haw, yoh-hee!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Eave-oh-hie, yoh-hoh!
Chapter 5 of In the Van by John Price-Brown holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 159 sentences of In the Van, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of In the Van by John Price-Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 32 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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