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Chapter 9 of Odd craft [complete] is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Odd craft [complete] is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs. “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along. You’re a thief, Bob Pretty. That’s wot you are.” “Prove it,” ses Bob Pretty.
Chapter 9 of Odd craft [complete] is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 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.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.”
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading ““You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading ““You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.”
be shown or be found to be
From this reading ““Prove it,” ses Bob Pretty.”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading ““You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.”
plural of “suspicion” — an impression that something might be the case
From this reading ““I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.”
look attentively
From this reading ““You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.”
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 You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.
a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
(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 “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That’s wot you are.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Prove it,” ses Bob Pretty.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.
be shown or be found to be
From this reading “Prove it,” ses Bob Pretty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
plural of “suspicion” — an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “I ’ad my suspicions of you all along.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s wot you are.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.
look attentively
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s wot you are.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You stole Dicky Weed’s watch,” ses John Biggs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re a thief, Bob Pretty.
Chapter 9 of Odd craft [complete] by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 9 holds 396 sentences of Odd craft [complete], unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Odd craft [complete] by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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 9 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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