Chapter 8 of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SLAVES (not moving). Oh, mistress! [Enter RACHAEL. She walks to the open window and looks out.] MISTRESS FAWCETT.
Chapter 8 of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 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.
to come or go into
From this reading “[Enter RACHAEL.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “She walks to the open window and looks out.]”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “Oh, mistress!”
in motion
From this reading “THE SLAVES (not moving).”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “She walks to the open window and looks out.]”
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “THE SLAVES (not moving).”
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “She walks to the open window and looks out.]”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading “She walks to the open window and looks out.]”
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 She walks to the open window and looks out.]
to come or go into
From this reading [Enter RACHAEL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISTRESS FAWCETT.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Oh, mistress!
in motion
From this reading THE SLAVES (not moving).
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE SLAVES (not moving).
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, mistress!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Enter RACHAEL.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading THE SLAVES (not moving).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SLAVES (not moving).
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She walks to the open window and looks out.]
Chapter 8 of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 453 sentences of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 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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