Chapter 8 of Old-Dad is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Old-Dad is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her. "My white--white darling! My lily girl! The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known! You won't fail me now, will you?
Chapter 8 of Old-Dad is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.”
a special loved one
From this reading “"My white--white darling!”
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
From this reading “The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “You won't fail me now, will you?”
past form of “implore” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “My lily girl!”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!”
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 “The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!”
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.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
a special loved one
From this reading "My white--white darling!
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
at any time
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
a young female
From this reading My lily girl!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
past form of “implore” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading My lily girl!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, my little beautiful!" he implored her.
and nothing more
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The only sweet--the only decent love I've ever known!
a Caucasian
From this reading "My white--white darling!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You won't fail me now, will you?
Chapter 8 of Old-Dad by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 421 sentences of Old-Dad, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Old-Dad by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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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Yes. All 3295 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48990 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #48990, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 274 minutes of reading across 659 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Old-Dad, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
