Chapter 5 of The House of Torchy is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The House of Torchy is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home? Have we? Well, I should seed catalogue. Honest to goodness! Here!
Chapter 5 of The House of Torchy is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/63 · 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.
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading “Well, I should seed catalogue.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Honest to goodness!”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “Honest to goodness!”
register formally as a participant or member
From this reading “A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?”
a small hard fruit
From this reading “Well, I should seed catalogue.”
reflecting light
From this reading “A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?”
plural of “tool” — an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading “A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?”
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 RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading Well, I should seed catalogue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading Honest to goodness!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading Honest to goodness!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I should seed catalogue.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
register formally as a participant or member
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
a small hard fruit
From this reading Well, I should seed catalogue.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
reflecting light
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Well, I should seed catalogue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Honest to goodness!
plural of “tool” — an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Have we?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, I should seed catalogue.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A RECRUIT FOR THE EIGHT-THREE Have you a shiny little set of garden tools in your home?
Chapter 5 of The House of Torchy by Sewell Ford holds 317 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 5 holds 317 sentences of The House of Torchy, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The House of Torchy by Sewell Ford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 317 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The House of Torchy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
