Chapter 8 of Pharais is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Pharais is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No--no----" murmured the child, terrified. "Then how do you know that word for it? Who told it to you? I have not heard it said for years. No man uses it in this country.
Chapter 8 of Pharais is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young person of either sex
From this reading “"No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “No man uses it in this country.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I have not heard it said for years.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “"No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.”
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading “"No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.”
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading “No man uses it in this country.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “"Then how do you know that word for it?”
a late time of life
From this reading “I have not heard it said for years.”
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In this reading “I have not heard it said for years.”
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a young person of either sex
From this reading "No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading No man uses it in this country.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No man uses it in this country.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading No man uses it in this country.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.
not any; not one
From this reading "No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading "No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No--no----" murmured the child, terrified.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No man uses it in this country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Who told it to you?
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Who told it to you?
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading No man uses it in this country.
which person or people
From this reading Who told it to you?
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
a late time of life
From this reading I have not heard it said for years.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then how do you know that word for it?
Chapter 8 of Pharais by William Sharp holds 418 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 8 holds 418 sentences of Pharais, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Pharais by William Sharp exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 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 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Pharais, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
