Chapter 4 of Tangle Hold is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Tangle Hold is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But there's still the hole." "It would fill with water after the next rain. We could raise ducks in it." "White ducks?" "If you like."
Chapter 4 of Tangle Hold is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/98 · 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 “duck” — small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
From this reading “We could raise ducks in it."”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “"It would fill with water after the next rain.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “"But there's still the hole."”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “"It would fill with water after the next rain.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “"It would fill with water after the next rain.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “We could raise ducks in it."”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “"It would fill with water after the next rain.”
a Caucasian
From this reading “"White ducks?"”
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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later than; following
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But there's still the hole."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could raise ducks in it."
plural of “duck” — small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
From this reading We could raise ducks in it."
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
an opening into or through something
From this reading "But there's still the hole."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you like."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We could raise ducks in it."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "If you like."
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading We could raise ducks in it."
not in physical motion
From this reading "But there's still the hole."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But there's still the hole."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But there's still the hole."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could raise ducks in it."
a Caucasian
From this reading "White ducks?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would fill with water after the next rain.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you like."
Chapter 4 of Tangle Hold by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace holds 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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 4 holds 492 sentences of Tangle Hold, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Tangle Hold by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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 99 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 99 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 4 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #32161, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 164 minutes of reading across 396 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Tangle Hold section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 4 chapters of Tangle Hold to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Tangle Hold, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
