Chapter 8 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hall was staring into space. Suddenly he exploded. "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!" "Remember what? You look like you've seen a ghost."
Chapter 8 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 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.
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading “Suddenly he exploded.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “You look like you've seen a ghost."”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Hall was staring into space.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “"_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You look like you've seen a ghost."”
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading “Hall was staring into space.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “Hall was staring into space.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “Suddenly he exploded.”
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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 “Hall was staring into space.”
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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 You look like you've seen a ghost."
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading Suddenly he exploded.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Hall was staring into space.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly he exploded.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Hall was staring into space.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
To recall to mind.
From this reading "_Madre de Dios!_ Now I remember!"
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Hall was staring into space.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading Hall was staring into space.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly he exploded.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hall was staring into space.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Remember what?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You look like you've seen a ghost."
Chapter 8 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of The Five Arrows, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 8 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 600 minutes of reading across 1948 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Five Arrows, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
