Chapter 9 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy. "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you. Lateral Four has caved in again." "Lateral Four! The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
Chapter 9 of The Hallowell Partnership is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/34 · 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.
at or in or to any place
From this reading “The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"”
past form of “cave” — hollow out as if making a cave or opening
From this reading “Lateral Four has caved in again."”
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading “The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"”
any material that fills a space or container
From this reading “The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"”
situated at or extending to the side
From this reading “Lateral Four has caved in again."”
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading “THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.”
gathered for protruding fullness
From this reading “THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"”
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 “THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.”
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.
anew
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
at or in or to any place
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
past form of “cave” — hollow out as if making a cave or opening
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
any material that fills a space or container
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
situated at or extending to the side
From this reading Lateral Four has caved in again."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
information about recent and important events
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
gathered for protruding fullness
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAGIC LEAD-PENCIL "Bad news, is it?" puffed Mulcahy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
in or at the place that
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The cut where we've spent more time and work, filling in, than we've spent anywhere else on the whole ditch!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Indeed, sir, I'm sorry to be the one to bring it to you.
Chapter 9 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 9 holds 172 sentences of The Hallowell Partnership, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Hallowell Partnership by Katharine Holland Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 35 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 9 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Hallowell Partnership, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
