Chapter 10 of The Bronze Bell is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Bronze Bell is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ... Badshah Junction ... We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..." Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over. Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
Chapter 10 of The Bronze Bell is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 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.
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
From this reading “Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.”
a deep yellow color
From this reading “THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...”
past form of “drone” — make a monotonous low dull sound
From this reading “Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.”
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading “Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.”
in an inexorable manner
From this reading “Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.”
the place where two or more things come together
From this reading “THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...”
disposed to or in a state of mutiny
From this reading “Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.”
a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
From this reading “THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...”
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.
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
a deep yellow color
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
past form of “drone” — make a monotonous low dull sound
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
in an inexorable manner
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
the place where two or more things come together
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
disposed to or in a state of mutiny
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
above and across; more than
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
in or at that place or location
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
From this reading THE TONGA "Badshah Junction, Mr. Amber ...
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Inexorably the voice droned on, repeating the admonition over and over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mutinous, Amber stirred and grumbled in his sleep; stirred and, grumbling, wakened to another day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll be there in 'alf an hour ..."
Chapter 10 of The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 10 holds 187 sentences of The Bronze Bell, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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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