Chapter 14 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hades of Hymen! Red, are you making calls this morning?” “Why not? I'm not to be married till noon, am I?” “I say, take me with you, will you?
Chapter 14 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/43 · 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.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “Red, are you making calls this morning?””
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
From this reading ““Hades of Hymen!”
(Greek mythology) the god of marriage
From this reading ““Hades of Hymen!”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “Red, are you making calls this morning?””
joined in matrimony
From this reading “I'm not to be married till noon, am I?””
the middle of the day
From this reading “I'm not to be married till noon, am I?””
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “Red, are you making calls this morning?””
up to a particular time
From this reading “I'm not to be married till noon, am I?””
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
(Greek mythology) the god of marriage
From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
joined in matrimony
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
the middle of the day
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Why not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hades of Hymen!
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
express in words
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
carry out
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
up to a particular time
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm not to be married till noon, am I?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why not?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I say, take me with you, will you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Red, are you making calls this morning?”
Chapter 14 of Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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 14 holds 218 sentences of Red Pepper Burns, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Red Pepper Burns, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
