Chapter 9 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again. She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain. What cared she for rain? She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved. Then she tore the letter open.
Chapter 9 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
a hat tied under the chin
From this reading “She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.”
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading “What cared she for rain?”
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading “Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.”
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.”
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading “Then she tore the letter open.”
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 “Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.”
In this reading “Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.”
to come or go into
In this reading “She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.”
In this reading “She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.”
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 She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
anew
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
a hat tied under the chin
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading What cared she for rain?
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What cared she for rain?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
a narrow way or road
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Then she tore the letter open.
not any; not one
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Then she tore the letter open.
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
with speed
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
cut with a saw
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Orange quickly shut the door and descended the stairs again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she tore the letter open.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading Then she tore the letter open.
not seen or observed
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She took her bonnet and went out,—went out into the rain.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What cared she for rain?
in or at the place that
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She went into a lane where she saw no one, and would be unobserved.
Chapter 9 of John Herring — Volume 2 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 401 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 9 holds 401 sentences of John Herring — Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of John Herring — Volume 2 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 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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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 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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