Chapter 8 of Mignon is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Mignon is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SO it was all over. This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes! This was the end! None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass. His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
Chapter 8 of Mignon is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.”
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading “This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!”
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading “None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.”
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!”
held dear
From this reading “His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.”
go across or through
From this reading “None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.”
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading “His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.”
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!”
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.
In this reading “None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.”
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(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 SO it was all over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
at any time
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SO it was all over.
held dear
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
not any; not one
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
not one, and not any
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
above and across; more than
From this reading SO it was all over.
go across or through
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SO it was all over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SO it was all over.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading This was the end of all his hopes and dreams and wishes!
in the company of; together with
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading His wishes had no weight with the woman he loved.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading None of his bright hopes would ever be—none of his golden dreams would come to pass.
Chapter 8 of Mignon by John Strange Winter holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 8 holds 48 sentences of Mignon, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Mignon by John Strange Winter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 10 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 10 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 8 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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