Chapter 5 of The Holladay case is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Holladay case is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment. "A crowd of them in my room!" I repeated. "A crowd of whom, Mrs. Fitch?" "A crowd of reporters!
Chapter 5 of The Holladay case is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 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.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “"A crowd of them in my room!"”
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading “Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.”
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
From this reading “"A crowd of whom, Mrs. Fitch?"”
a particular point in time
From this reading “Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “I repeated.”
plural of “reporter” — a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “"A crowd of reporters!”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “"A crowd of them in my room!"”
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 "A crowd of them in my room!"
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
From this reading "A crowd of whom, Mrs. Fitch?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
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From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
a particular point in time
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "A crowd of whom, Mrs. Fitch?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
a formal expression of praise
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
recurring again and again
From this reading I repeated.
plural of “reporter” — a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading "A crowd of reporters!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "A crowd of them in my room!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Godfrey's Panegyric I was quite dazed for the moment.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "A crowd of whom, Mrs. Fitch?"
Chapter 5 of The Holladay case by Burton Egbert Stevenson holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 133 sentences of The Holladay case, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Holladay case by Burton Egbert Stevenson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 27 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 5 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Holladay case, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
