Chapter 10 of Interim is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Interim is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner. Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps. Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead. It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey. She was safely in the hall.
Chapter 10 of Interim is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.”
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading “Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.”
in a busy manner
From this reading “Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.”
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.”
past form of “rumble” — make a low noise
From this reading “Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.”
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading “She was safely in the hall.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.”
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 “Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.”
pile up (debts or scores)
In this reading “Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.”
In this reading “It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.”
In this reading “She was safely in the hall.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
at or in the front
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
in a busy manner
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
the act of departing
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading She was safely in the hall.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was safely in the hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
past form of “rumble” — make a low noise
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading She was safely in the hall.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
having a supporting base
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
not in physical motion
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eleanor's cab rumbled away round the corner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's going to be a lovely evening she said as she passed Mrs. Bailey.
the upper part of anything
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Miriam ran up the steps looking busily ahead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Bailey was still standing at the top of the steps.
Chapter 10 of Interim by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson holds 291 sentences, grouped into 59 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 10 holds 291 sentences of Interim, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Interim by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 291 sentences, grouped into 59 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 59 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Interim, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
