Chapter 20 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes." His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger. "Aren't you coming?" "Yes. Hermione."
Chapter 20 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"Aren't you coming?"”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
not divisible by two
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes."”
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.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Aren't you coming?"
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Aren't you coming?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hermione."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
not divisible by two
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading His voice sounded odd to her, almost like the voice of some other man, some stranger.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Aren't you coming?"
Chapter 20 of The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 20 holds 411 sentences of The Call of the Blood, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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 20 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 2378 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Call of the Blood, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
