Chapter 8 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock. So Jane was ahead of him. She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting. To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions. The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
Chapter 8 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 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.
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
From this reading “The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.”
enclosed in or set off by a border or box
From this reading “To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.”
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
From this reading “JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.”
plural of “desk” — a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.”
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading “She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.”
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading “She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.”
plural of “partition” — a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading “To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.”
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.
In this reading “She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.”
In this reading “The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.”
In this reading “JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.”
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 She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
at or in the front
From this reading So Jane was ahead of him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
enclosed in or set off by a border or box
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
plural of “desk” — a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So Jane was ahead of him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
according to the clock
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So Jane was ahead of him.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
plural of “partition” — a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
precisely, exactly
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Jane was ahead of him.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
up to a particular time
From this reading JANE AS DEPUTY Frederick Towne never arrived in his office until ten o’clock.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading She sat in a luxurious outer room, waiting.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The wall paper was green, so that the people at the desks had the effect of fish in an aquarium.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So Jane was ahead of him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To the right was a great open space--with desks boxed in by glass partitions.
Chapter 8 of The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 8 holds 148 sentences of The Dim Lantern, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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