Chapter 6 of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man. There was silence in the room. “All right.” It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface. “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
Chapter 6 of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading ““You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.””
marked by skill in deception
From this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading ““Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.”
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading ““You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.””
a brief written record
From this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
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.
In this reading “It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.”
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading ““Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
(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 “All right.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
marked by skill in deception
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was silence in the room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
and nothing more
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
a brief written record
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading There was silence in the room.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “You give me the figures and I ’ll copy ’em and send ’em.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was silence in the room.
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was silence in the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was silence in the room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was crafty, with a sullen note just below the surface.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Do you dare _not_ to?” asked the young man.
Chapter 6 of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow by Jennette Lee holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 391 sentences of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Simeon Tetlow's Shadow by Jennette Lee exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 79 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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