Chapter 6 of The Four Corners of the World is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Four Corners of the World is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face.... I never thought to be so utterly unhappy. I am thirty and useless. I cumber the ground." The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
Chapter 6 of The Four Corners of the World is here in full — 401 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.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “"I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....”
restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
From this reading “I cumber the ground."”
be the source of pain
From this reading “The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.”
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading “I am thirty and useless.”
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading “I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.”
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading “I am thirty and useless.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am thirty and useless.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
From this reading I cumber the ground."
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading I cumber the ground."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
be the source of pain
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading I am thirty and useless.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I am ashamed ... don't know how to look people in the face....
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading I am thirty and useless.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I never thought to be so utterly unhappy.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The look of surprise with which his friend turned to him hurt him like the cut of a whip.
Chapter 6 of The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason holds 401 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 6 holds 401 sentences of The Four Corners of the World, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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