Chapter 6 of Running Sands is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of Running Sands is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do I keep you busy?" "You are a gold mine. Don't you see? I want to be free. If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
Chapter 6 of Running Sands is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “"Do I keep you busy?"”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “I want to be free.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “"You are a gold mine.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “"Do I keep you busy?"”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"You are a gold mine.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “If I can get my price, we shall be rich."”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “If I can get my price, we shall be rich."”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want to be free.”
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.
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 "You are a gold mine.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are a gold mine.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I want to be free.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading "Do I keep you busy?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do I keep you busy?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't you see?
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading I want to be free.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
coins made of gold
From this reading "You are a gold mine.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Do I keep you busy?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Do I keep you busy?"
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You are a gold mine.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
possessing material wealth
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Don't you see?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want to be free.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to be free.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If I can get my price, we shall be rich."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do I keep you busy?"
Chapter 6 of Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 415 sentences of Running Sands, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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 6 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 515 minutes of reading across 1237 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Running Sands, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
