Chapter 22 of The Magnetic Girl is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 22 of The Magnetic Girl is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!” I cried. The driver reined in his horse. “Where are you taking me?” “Home, my lady.”
Chapter 22 of The Magnetic Girl is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 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.
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading “I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!””
a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
From this reading “I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!””
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I cried.”
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading “The driver reined in his horse.”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!””
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The driver reined in his horse.”
past form of “rein” — control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading “The driver reined in his horse.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading ““Where are you taking me?””
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.
stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
In this reading “The driver reined in his horse.”
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 I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Where are you taking me?”
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
From this reading I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Home, my lady.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Home, my lady.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE “Coachman!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Where are you taking me?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Home, my lady.”
past form of “rein” — control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “Where are you taking me?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The driver reined in his horse.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where are you taking me?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where are you taking me?”
Chapter 22 of The Magnetic Girl by Richard Marsh holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 22 holds 90 sentences of The Magnetic Girl, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of The Magnetic Girl by Richard Marsh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 18 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 18 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 22 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 353 minutes of reading across 849 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Magnetic Girl section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 26 chapters of The Magnetic Girl to begin.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Magnetic Girl, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
