Chapter 4 of Off duty is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Off duty is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Away? Away from here, you mean--to live?” Carrie laid down her fork. “Well, really, Jo! After all that explanation.”
Chapter 4 of Off duty is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ““Away?”
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading “After all that explanation.””
cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading “Carrie laid down her fork.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Away from here, you mean--to live?””
set down according to a plan
From this reading “Carrie laid down her fork.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Away from here, you mean--to live?””
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Away from here, you mean--to live?””
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading ““Well, really, Jo!”
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.
later than; following
From this reading After all that explanation.”
(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 After all that explanation.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Away?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Carrie laid down her fork.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Carrie laid down her fork.
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading After all that explanation.”
cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading Carrie laid down her fork.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Carrie laid down her fork.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, really, Jo!
set down according to a plan
From this reading Carrie laid down her fork.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Well, really, Jo!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After all that explanation.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, really, Jo!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Away from here, you mean--to live?”
Chapter 4 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 4 holds 417 sentences of Off duty, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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 4 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.
Common questions about reading Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Off duty section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of Off duty 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 Off duty, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
