Chapter 6 of Peter Cotterell's Treasure is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Peter Cotterell's Treasure is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well!” exclaimed the man. “Well, well—you don’t say so!” He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest. “So that’s where you come from, is it?” He returned the snuff-box.
Chapter 6 of Peter Cotterell's Treasure is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading ““Well!” exclaimed the man.”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “He returned the snuff-box.”
express in words
From this reading ““Well, well—you don’t say so!””
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
In this reading “He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.”
In this reading ““So that’s where you come from, is it?””
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 He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
a youthful male person
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, well—you don’t say so!”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Well!” exclaimed the man.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Well!” exclaimed the man.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading He returned the snuff-box.
express in words
From this reading “Well, well—you don’t say so!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He returned the snuff-box.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Well, well—you don’t say so!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well!” exclaimed the man.
(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!” exclaimed the man.
in or at the place that
From this reading “So that’s where you come from, is it?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading He looked at the boy in the car with a new interest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, well—you don’t say so!”
Chapter 6 of Peter Cotterell's Treasure by Rupert Sargent Holland holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 6 holds 441 sentences of Peter Cotterell's Treasure, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Peter Cotterell's Treasure by Rupert Sargent Holland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 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.
Work through the 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 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 6 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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