Chapter 9 of Raffles is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Raffles is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You said they were!” “I said they should be.” “Didn’t you hear them go?” “I heard nothing but the clock all night. It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
Chapter 9 of Raffles is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading ““I heard nothing but the clock all night.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
a boy or man
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading ““Didn’t you hear them go?””
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
From this reading “It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.””
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.
(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 “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I said they should be.”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t you hear them go?”
let fall to the ground
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
a boy or man
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Didn’t you hear them go?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Didn’t you hear them go?”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I said they should be.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
immediately past
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You said they were!”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I said they should be.”
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I heard nothing but the clock all night.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Didn’t you hear them go?”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You said they were!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was like Big Ben striking at the last—striking nine to the fellow on the drop.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You said they were!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You said they were!”
Chapter 9 of Raffles by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 195 sentences of Raffles, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Raffles by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 39 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 9 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 270 minutes of reading across 649 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Raffles, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
