Chapter 22 of Phœbe is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Phœbe is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes. It was broad daylight. Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice. She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides. What she saw was men—two lines of them!
Chapter 22 of Phœbe is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “It was broad daylight.”
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading “It was broad daylight.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “What she saw was men—two lines of them!”
above your head; in the sky
From this reading “Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.”
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading “Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.”
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.”
the act of closing something
From this reading “Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.”
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.”
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 “It was broad daylight.”
In this reading “What she saw was men—two lines of them!”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading It was broad daylight.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading It was broad daylight.
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was broad daylight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
the force of workers available
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
above your head; in the sky
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
cut with a saw
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
the act of closing something
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
carry out
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Let’s take time——” Phœbe opened her eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She raised herself a little, and peered to both sides.
create by training and teaching
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Another train was passing overhead, shutting out the sound of the voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was broad daylight.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What she saw was men—two lines of them!
Chapter 22 of Phœbe by Eleanor Gates holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 22 holds 143 sentences of Phœbe, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Phœbe by Eleanor Gates exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 29 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 22 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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About 338 minutes of reading across 813 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Phœbe section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Phœbe, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
