Chapter 4 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I have never been so happy before in all my life!" Alice said. All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August. A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows. The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
Chapter 4 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.”
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading “A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.”
structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
From this reading “A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.”
plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
From this reading “The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.”
having or covered with leaves
From this reading “The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.”
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.”
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading “A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.”
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.
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 A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alice said.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
a narrow way or road
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
having or covered with leaves
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The bindweed hung its garlands of little leafy hearts across the hedges.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
the quality of being good looking and attractive
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Alice said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I have never been so happy before in all my life!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All around her was the common, seldom-heeded loveliness of an English lane in August.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A long colonnade of oaks barred the way with shadows.
Chapter 4 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 by Various holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 4 holds 166 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 34 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 4 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 96 minutes of reading across 233 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 5 chapters of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
