Chapter 4 of The Bishop's Shadow is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Bishop's Shadow is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tode tried the door of his room. It was locked on the inside. "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself. "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place. Come on!"
Chapter 4 of The Bishop's Shadow is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Tode tried the door of his room.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “"Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “It was locked on the inside.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “It was locked on the inside.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Tode tried the door of his room.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “"Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “Tode tried the door of his room.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come on!"
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading It was locked on the inside.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was locked on the inside.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading It was locked on the inside.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was locked on the inside.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They've let somebody else have it," he said to himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Tode tried the door of his room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was locked on the inside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, Tag, we'll have to find some other place.
Chapter 4 of The Bishop's Shadow by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 424 sentences of The Bishop's Shadow, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Bishop's Shadow by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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