Chapter 24 of Phœbe is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Phœbe is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What was all wrong? What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say? And to whom? In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do? And who, oh, who, was “_her_”?
Chapter 24 of Phœbe is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “What was all wrong?”
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.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading What was all wrong?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And to whom?
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And who, oh, who, was “_her_”?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading And who, oh, who, was “_her_”?
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?
express in words
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading In particular, what was it that Uncle Bob wanted Daddy to do?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was all wrong?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was all wrong?
which person or people
From this reading And who, oh, who, was “_her_”?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And to whom?
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading What word did Uncle Bob want Daddy to say?
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading What was all wrong?
Chapter 24 of Phœbe by Eleanor Gates holds 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 24 holds 306 sentences of Phœbe, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Phœbe by Eleanor Gates exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 62 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 62 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 24 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.
Choose one of the 25 chapters of Phœbe to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Phœbe, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
