Chapter 10 of Judith of the Plains is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Judith of the Plains is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak. She only pointed again to the thing beside her. Judith understood. The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it. The lynchers had done their work all too well.
Chapter 10 of Judith of the Plains is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
next to; at the side of
From this reading “She only pointed again to the thing beside her.”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “Judith understood.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.”
having a point
From this reading “She only pointed again to the thing beside her.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.”
have in common
From this reading “The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.”
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading “The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “Judith understood.”
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 The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
anew
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
next to; at the side of
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading Judith understood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
and nothing more
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
having a point
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
have in common
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
express in speech
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
a special situation
From this reading She only pointed again to the thing beside her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alida did not seem to hear, neither could she speak.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading Judith understood.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The women had a task to share, and in silence they began it.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The lynchers had done their work all too well.
Chapter 10 of Judith of the Plains by Marie, -1945 Manning holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of Judith of the Plains, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Judith of the Plains by Marie, -1945 Manning exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 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 10 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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