Chapter 8 of Temptations is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Temptations is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come, mamma. Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising. “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin. Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face. The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
Chapter 8 of Temptations 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.
a tenant in someone's house
From this reading “The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading ““Come, mamma.”
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading “Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.”
make square
From this reading “Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.”
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading “Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.”
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.
a woman who is old
In this reading “The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.”
In this reading “Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
a tenant in someone's house
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come, mamma.
greatly pleased
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
the act of departing
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Come, mamma.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
make square
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Let’s be going home!” urged Chashke, rising.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The old woman answered that their boarder would come and the door was locked.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Chashke would have been delighted to spit square into his face.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What’s your hurry?” asked Drabkin.
Chapter 8 of Temptations by David Pinski 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 8 holds 410 sentences of Temptations, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Temptations by David Pinski 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.
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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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