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The Dawn of a To-morrow

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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"It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."
Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.
"You believe it," he said.
"I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.
"I ain't got nothin' else.
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The Dawn of a To-morrow

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Dawn of a To-morrow is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."
Line 2
Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.
Line 3
"You believe it," he said.
Line 4
"I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.
Line 5
"I ain't got nothin' else.

All words in this reading · 37

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ain't

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From this reading "I ain't got nothin' else.

answer

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

Antony

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

as

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

believe

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From this reading "You believe it," he said.

believin

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

bit

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

confidingly

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

Dart

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

else

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From this reading "I ain't got nothin' else.

entire

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

got

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From this reading "I ain't got nothin' else.

he

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From this reading "You believe it," he said.

head

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

heavy

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

her

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

his

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

I

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

It

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

lifted

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From this reading Antony Dart lifted his heavy head.

livin

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

m

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

Miss

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

Montaubyn

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

nothin

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From this reading "I ain't got nothin' else.

off

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

on

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From this reading "I 'm livin' on believin' it," she said confidingly.

said

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

simplicity

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

that's

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

the

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

thread

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

wot

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From this reading "It was the answer," said Miss Montaubyn, with entire simplicity as she bit off her thread, "that's wot it was."

You

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From this reading "You believe it," he said.

Chapter 5 of The Dawn of a To-morrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 5 of The Dawn of a To-morrow contain?

Chapter 5 holds 223 sentences of The Dawn of a To-morrow, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of The Dawn of a To-morrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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.

How do I study chapter 5 of The Dawn of a To-morrow?

Work through the 45 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Can chapter 5 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 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 114 minutes of reading across 274 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Dawn of a To-morrow

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Dawn of a To-morrow, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Always
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Dawn of a To-morrow; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Looking
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Thing
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Frequently
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