Chapter 35 of Kirsteen is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of Kirsteen is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Then you are going, Kirsteen?” “I must go, Jeanie. There is no place, and no wish for me here.” “And I am to bide--alone. Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
Chapter 35 of Kirsteen is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 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.
Having no one else present.
From this reading ““And I am to bide--alone.”
dwell
From this reading ““And I am to bide--alone.”
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading “Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.”
the act of departing
From this reading ““Then you are going, Kirsteen?””
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “There is no place, and no wish for me here.””
a full supply
From this reading “Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “There is no place, and no wish for me here.””
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.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “And I am to bide--alone.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “And I am to bide--alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Then you are going, Kirsteen?”
dwell
From this reading “And I am to bide--alone.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I must go, Jeanie.
the act of departing
From this reading “Then you are going, Kirsteen?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I must go, Jeanie.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I must go, Jeanie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then you are going, Kirsteen?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must go, Jeanie.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
a full supply
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, there are plenty of folk in the house.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then you are going, Kirsteen?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And I am to bide--alone.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading There is no place, and no wish for me here.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then you are going, Kirsteen?”
Chapter 35 of Kirsteen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 35 holds 191 sentences of Kirsteen, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 35 of Kirsteen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 39 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 35 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 585 minutes of reading across 1407 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Kirsteen section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 39 chapters of Kirsteen 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 Kirsteen, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
