Chapter 14 of Round the Corner is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Round the Corner is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Next Saturday." "It might be before then." "I'll come on Monday." "Thank you." Francis found his way out into the garden.
Chapter 14 of Round the Corner is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
set up or found
From this reading “Francis found his way out into the garden.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “Francis found his way out into the garden.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “"It might be before then."”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “"I'll come on Monday."”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “"Next Saturday."”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “"Next Saturday."”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “"Thank you."”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Francis found his way out into the garden.”
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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 “Francis found his way out into the garden.”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It might be before then."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "It might be before then."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I'll come on Monday."
set up or found
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll come on Monday."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It might be before then."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "It might be before then."
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading "I'll come on Monday."
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "Next Saturday."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I'll come on Monday."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "Next Saturday."
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Thank you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "It might be before then."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Francis found his way out into the garden.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Thank you."
Chapter 14 of Round the Corner by Gilbert Cannan holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 14 holds 410 sentences of Round the Corner, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Round the Corner by Gilbert Cannan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 14 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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