Chapter 5 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘What is that?’ demanded Tom. ‘Read to me.’ ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm. ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly. What will you like?
Chapter 5 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading “‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.”
without deviation
From this reading “‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.”
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.”
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
greatly pleased
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading ‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.
without deviation
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
accept an excuse for
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.
the act of departing
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading What will you like?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Read to me.’
a particular point in time
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading ‘Read to me.’
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Read to me.’
male cat
From this reading ‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What is that?’ demanded Tom.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading What will you like?
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘I shall be delighted,’ cried Tom, catching up the candle with enthusiasm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment, and I’ll fetch a book directly.
Chapter 5 of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
Chapter 5 holds 443 sentences of Martin Chuzzlewit, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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