Chapter 36 of Tetherstones is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of Tetherstones is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads! The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea! How terrible it was! How inevitable! How—lonely!
Chapter 36 of Tetherstones is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
to say again or imitate
From this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
From this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
a vagrant
From this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
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In this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
In this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
In this reading “THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!”
In this reading “The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
to say again or imitate
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How terrible it was!
moving with great haste
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading How inevitable!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How terrible it was!
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading How—lonely!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
above and across; more than
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading How terrible it was!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
a vagrant
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
in a vague way
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
a vivid mental image
From this reading THE VISION London skies and ceaseless rain, and the roar and swish of London traffic over the streaming roads!
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The tramp of many hurrying feet, the echo of careless voices vaguely heard, and the grey, grim river flowing out to sea!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How terrible it was!
Chapter 36 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 36 holds 173 sentences of Tetherstones, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 36 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 35 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 36 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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