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Just David

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Just David is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.
The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.
First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.
Second, because of the circumstances.
The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Just David

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Just David is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.
Line 2
The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.
Line 3
First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.
Line 4
Second, because of the circumstances.
Line 5
The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Learner Dictionary

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.”

All words in this reading · 74

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a

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

after

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

all

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

and

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

at

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

barn

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

be

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

because

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

believe

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

boy

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

boys

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

but

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

case

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From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

change

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

circumstances

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From this reading Second, because of the circumstances.

created

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

dead

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

decided

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

declare

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

did

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

DISCORDS

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

entered

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

evening

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Farmer

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

father

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

felt

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

First

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

for

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From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

found

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

freely

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

given

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

had

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

having

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

he

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

hesitate

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Higgins

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Hinsdale

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

his

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Holly's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

in

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From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

inclined

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

it

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

its

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

knew

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

lift

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

like

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

man

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

many

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

not

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

on

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

one

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

ordinary

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

pair

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

peculiar

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From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

reasons

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From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

Second

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From this reading Second, because of the circumstances.

seeing

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

stir

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

supposed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

talked

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

that

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

The

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

them

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

this

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

to

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From this reading First, because of the boy--Hinsdale supposed it knew boys, but it felt inclined to change its mind after seeing this one.

town

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From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

tramps

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

very

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

village

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading DISCORDS The dead man found in Farmer Holly's barn created a decided stir in the village of Hinsdale.

was

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From this reading The case was a peculiar one for many reasons.

who

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

yet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The boy and his father had entered the town like tramps, yet Higgins, who talked freely of his having given the pair a "lift" on that very evening, did not hesitate to declare that he did not believe them to be ordinary tramps at all.

Chapter 5 of Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 5 of Just David contain?

Chapter 5 holds 181 sentences of Just David, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

How do I study chapter 5 of Just David?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 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.

Can chapter 5 be read aloud to me?

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.

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About 365 minutes of reading across 878 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Just David

Words and structures a reader meets early in Just David, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Mountain-side
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Just David; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Just David; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Shack
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Just David; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stood
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Just David; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.