Chapter 5 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard. Marian followed, trembling with fear. Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window. His gaunt hands were like ice. His lean face was ashen gray.
Chapter 5 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.”
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading “His lean face was ashen gray.”
negotiation between nations
From this reading “GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.”
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading “His gaunt hands were like ice.”
a small natural hill
From this reading “Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.”
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “His lean face was ashen gray.”
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading “Marian followed, trembling with fear.”
possessive form of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading “Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.”
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 “Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.”
keep or lay aside for future use
In this reading “Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading His lean face was ashen gray.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
negotiation between nations
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His lean face was ashen gray.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Marian followed, trembling with fear.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Marian followed, trembling with fear.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading His gaunt hands were like ice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading His lean face was ashen gray.
a small natural hill
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading His gaunt hands were like ice.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading His gaunt hands were like ice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading His lean face was ashen gray.
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading His gaunt hands were like ice.
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading Marian followed, trembling with fear.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOOSE-GREASE AND DIPLOMACY Roderick leaped aboard.
possessive form of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
a shaky motion
From this reading Marian followed, trembling with fear.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His lean face was ashen gray.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His gaunt hands were like ice.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Mr. Carlisle lay in his seaman's hammock beside the window.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Marian followed, trembling with fear.
Chapter 5 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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 5 holds 368 sentences of The Hallowell Partnership, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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 74 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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