Chapter 5 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’You shall have them.’ ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce. What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for? Oh! ah! you’ve not? That be fine.
Chapter 5 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 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.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “That be fine.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?”
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
From this reading “’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “’You shall have them.’”
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading “’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.”
a person who is being chased
From this reading “’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “’You shall have them.’”
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.
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh! ah! you’ve not?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading That be fine.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
destroyed or killed
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ’You shall have them.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh! ah! you’ve not?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! ah! you’ve not?
a person who is being chased
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ’You shall have them.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That be fine.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ’You shall have them.’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
in or at that place or location
From this reading ’And then,’ pursued Grizzly, ’there be Joyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What hev you gone and tooked ’er away from me for?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’You shall have them.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh! ah! you’ve not?
Chapter 5 of John Herring — Volume 3 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of John Herring — Volume 3, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of John Herring — Volume 3 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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.
Common questions about reading John Herring — Volume 3 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4444 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54465 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #54465, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 370 minutes of reading across 889 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through John Herring — Volume 3 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 11 chapters of John Herring — Volume 3 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in John Herring — Volume 3, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
