Chapter 8 of John Herring — Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of John Herring — Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’What does she want, Joyce?’ ’Her wants you to do it. You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her. Her told me so herself. I cannot do it.
Chapter 8 of John Herring — Volume 1 is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a state of high honor
From this reading “You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Her told me so herself.”
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading “’What does she want, Joyce?’”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.”
express in words
From this reading “You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Her told me so herself.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “’What does she want, Joyce?’”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “’Her wants you to do it.”
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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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I cannot do it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ’What does she want, Joyce?’
a state of high honor
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
a stone that forms a hearth
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her told me so herself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot do it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading ’What does she want, Joyce?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her told me so herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
above and across; more than
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
express in words
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ’What does she want, Joyce?’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her told me so herself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Her told me so herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mun lift the hearthstone and say glory rallaluley, and Our Vaither—kinkum kum over her.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ’What does she want, Joyce?’
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ’What does she want, Joyce?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’Her wants you to do it.
Chapter 8 of John Herring — Volume 1 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 404 sentences of John Herring — Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of John Herring — Volume 1 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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