Chapter 10 of Pharais is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Pharais is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was not even a dog about the place. He returned to Nial, downcast. "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods. I wish we had not come." "Why did you come?"
Chapter 10 of Pharais is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I wish we had not come."”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “There was not even a dog about the place.”
directed downward
From this reading “He returned to Nial, downcast.”
divisible by two
From this reading “There was not even a dog about the place.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “There was not even a dog about the place.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “He returned to Nial, downcast.”
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading “"There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish we had not come."”
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.
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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 There was not even a dog about the place.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I wish we had not come."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Why did you come?"
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
directed downward
From this reading He returned to Nial, downcast.
divisible by two
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish we had not come."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He returned to Nial, downcast.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish we had not come."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He returned to Nial, downcast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading He returned to Nial, downcast.
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He returned to Nial, downcast.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "There is a spell upon this place, Nial-of-the-woods.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was not even a dog about the place.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I wish we had not come."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why did you come?"
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish we had not come."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why did you come?"
Chapter 10 of Pharais by William Sharp holds 400 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 10 holds 400 sentences of Pharais, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Pharais by William Sharp exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 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 10 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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How to work through Pharais section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Pharais, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
