Chapter 11 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"She has no husband." "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe." "That's a new development. I never heard of her having a ring or a husband." "She's a very clever girl, Felipe.
Chapter 11 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading “"She's a very clever girl, Felipe.”
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading “"That's a new development.”
a young female
From this reading “"She's a very clever girl, Felipe.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"She has no husband."”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “"She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."”
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading “"She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “"She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."”
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 “"That's a new development.”
In this reading “I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."”
In this reading “"She's a very clever girl, Felipe.”
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 was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading "She's a very clever girl, Felipe.
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading "That's a new development.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
a young female
From this reading "She's a very clever girl, Felipe.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has no husband."
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "She has no husband."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "That's a new development.
not any; not one
From this reading "She has no husband."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I never heard of her having a ring or a husband."
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has no husband."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's a very clever girl, Felipe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's a new development.
precisely as stated
From this reading "She's a very clever girl, Felipe.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading "She was wearing a wedding ring, Felipe."
Chapter 11 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 406 sentences of The Five Arrows, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 11 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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