Chapter 6 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved. DOCTOR: That’s not my business. Somebody else will decide about that. But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father. VISITOR: ’E’s my child, ain’t ’e?
Chapter 6 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading “Somebody else will decide about that.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “DOCTOR: That’s not my business.”
possessive form of “e” — a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody else will decide about that.”
express a supposition
From this reading “But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.”
someone who visits
From this reading “VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.”
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.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
a youthful male person
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading DOCTOR: That’s not my business.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
a young person of either sex
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading DOCTOR: That’s not my business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading VISITOR: ’E’s my child, ain’t ’e?
possessive form of “e” — a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading VISITOR: ’E’s my child, ain’t ’e?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
divisible by two
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading DOCTOR: That’s not my business.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading DOCTOR: That’s not my business.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
express a supposition
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DOCTOR: That’s not my business.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
someone who visits
From this reading VISITOR: The boy ain’t gotter be moved.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Somebody else will decide about that.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I don’t suppose he’ll let you murder the child, even if you are its father.
Chapter 6 of Sixpenny Pieces by A. Neil (Albert Neil) Lyons holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of Sixpenny Pieces, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Sixpenny Pieces by A. Neil (Albert Neil) Lyons exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 380 minutes of reading across 913 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Sixpenny Pieces, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
