Chapter 21 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over. “I wonder what has happened. He looks dreadful.” The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor. They wanted books.
Chapter 21 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “He looks dreadful.””
a narrow way or road
From this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
From this reading “The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.”
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
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 “The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.”
In this reading “VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading They wanted books.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He looks dreadful.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “I wonder what has happened.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I wonder what has happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looks dreadful.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder what has happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
a narrow way or road
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading He looks dreadful.”
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
above and across; more than
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They wanted books.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading VOICES IN THE DARK Arthur Lane and Sandy talked it over.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading They wanted books.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two boys were on their way to Castle Manor.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I wonder what has happened.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I wonder what has happened.
Chapter 21 of The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 21 holds 203 sentences of The Dim Lantern, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 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 21 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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