Chapter 22 of Looking Forward is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXII
Chapter 22 of Looking Forward is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Twentieth Century Inventions. The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend. A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed. Excursion to the Moon. Woman Worship in France.
Chapter 22 of Looking Forward is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 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.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading “A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.”
operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading “The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.”
a period of 100 years
From this reading “Twentieth Century Inventions.”
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading “Excursion to the Moon.”
plural of “invention” — the creation of something in the mind
From this reading “Twentieth Century Inventions.”
position 20 in a countable series of things
From this reading “Twentieth Century Inventions.”
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading “The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.”
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading “Woman Worship in France.”
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.
the century from 1901 to 2000
In this reading “Twentieth Century Inventions.”
In this reading “The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.”
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 Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
a period of 100 years
From this reading Twentieth Century Inventions.
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading Excursion to the Moon.
steadfast in affection or allegiance
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading Woman Worship in France.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Woman Worship in France.
plural of “invention” — the creation of something in the mind
From this reading Twentieth Century Inventions.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Excursion to the Moon.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Excursion to the Moon.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed.
position 20 in a countable series of things
From this reading Twentieth Century Inventions.
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Woman Worship in France.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend.
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading Woman Worship in France.
Chapter 22 of Looking Forward by Arthur Bird holds 45 sentences, grouped into 9 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 22 holds 45 sentences of Looking Forward, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Looking Forward by Arthur Bird exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 45 sentences, grouped into 9 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 9 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 9 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 22 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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How to work through Looking Forward section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Looking Forward, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
