Chapter 14 of The Fortunate Youth is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Fortunate Youth is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IT would never end. Why should it? Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill? Absurd. Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
Chapter 14 of The Fortunate Youth is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 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.
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading “Absurd.”
the first light of day
From this reading “Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.”
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading “Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.”
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?”
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading “Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?”
one who stays for only a short time
From this reading “Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?”
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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 Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading Absurd.
later than; following
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
the first light of day
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading IT would never end.
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT would never end.
and nothing more
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading IT would never end.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dawn followed night, day after day, and the wonder had not faded.
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
one who stays for only a short time
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should it?
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Could a Great Wonder be merely a transient thrill?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading IT would never end.
Chapter 14 of The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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 14 holds 260 sentences of The Fortunate Youth, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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 52 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Fortunate Youth, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
