Chapter 1 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Rod!" No answer. "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring? A special-delivery letter? Is it anything interesting?"
Chapter 1 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/64 · 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.
react verbally
From this reading “No answer.”
any thing at all
From this reading “Is it anything interesting?"”
a youthful male person
From this reading “"Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “Is it anything interesting?"”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “A special-delivery letter?”
a person who carries a message
From this reading “"Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?”
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading “"Rod!"”
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.
a boy who earns money by running errands
In this reading “"Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?”
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 special-delivery letter?
react verbally
From this reading No answer.
any thing at all
From this reading Is it anything interesting?"
a youthful male person
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Is it anything interesting?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it anything interesting?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it anything interesting?"
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A special-delivery letter?
a person who carries a message
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
not any; not one
From this reading No answer.
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading "Rod!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A special-delivery letter?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Rod, what did that messenger boy bring?
Chapter 1 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown holds 320 sentences, grouped into 64 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 1 holds 320 sentences of The Hallowell Partnership, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 320 sentences, grouped into 64 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 64 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 64 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 1 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 330 minutes of reading across 793 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Hallowell Partnership section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Hallowell Partnership, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
