Chapter 4 of The Delectable Mountains is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Delectable Mountains is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“A-alas! A comin' home.” “Oh, shut up, Kid!” “A-alas, a-alas!” The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
Chapter 4 of The Delectable Mountains is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
plural of “gash” — a wound made by cutting
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading ““Oh, shut up, Kid!””
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading ““Oh, shut up, Kid!””
separate into parts or portions
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
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.
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a temporary military hospital near the battle lines
In this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
In this reading ““Oh, shut up, Kid!””
In this reading “The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A comin' home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A-alas!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A comin' home.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
plural of “gash” — a wound made by cutting
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading A comin' home.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Oh, shut up, Kid!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, shut up, Kid!”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “Oh, shut up, Kid!”
separate into parts or portions
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Oh, shut up, Kid!”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dark was split with red gashes, as it used to be in the field hospital.
Chapter 4 of The Delectable Mountains by Arthur Colton holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 447 sentences of The Delectable Mountains, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Delectable Mountains by Arthur Colton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 90 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 4 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 229 minutes of reading across 550 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Delectable Mountains section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Delectable Mountains, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
