Chapter 9 of The Changeling is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Changeling is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONE MORE. "They are all gone, John," said Alice. "Oh, what a visit! I am ashamed! I never thought my people could have gone on so!
Chapter 9 of The Changeling is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “I am ashamed!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I never thought my people could have gone on so!”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “"They are all gone, John," said Alice.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “"They are all gone, John," said Alice.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I never thought my people could have gone on so!”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “I never thought my people could have gone on so!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I never thought my people could have gone on so!”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “"Oh, what a visit!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Oh, what a visit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am ashamed!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading I am ashamed!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
destroyed or killed
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am ashamed!
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ONE MORE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, what a visit!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE MORE.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They are all gone, John," said Alice.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I never thought my people could have gone on so!
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading "Oh, what a visit!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, what a visit!
Chapter 9 of The Changeling by Walter Besant holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 9 holds 154 sentences of The Changeling, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Changeling by Walter Besant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Changeling, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
