Chapter 11 of The painted room is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The painted room is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She led the child towards the door. She opened it. The policeman stood there, guarding it. He would not let them out. "I'll call the manager," she said.
Chapter 11 of The painted room is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"I'll call the manager," she said.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “She led the child towards the door.”
-ing form of “guard” — to keep watch over
From this reading “The policeman stood there, guarding it.”
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading “She led the child towards the door.”
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading “"I'll call the manager," she said.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “She opened it.”
a member of a police force
From this reading “The policeman stood there, guarding it.”
in the direction of
From this reading “She led the child towards the door.”
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 “She led the child towards the door.”
In this reading “The policeman stood there, guarding it.”
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.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I'll call the manager," she said.
a young person of either sex
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
-ing form of “guard” — to keep watch over
From this reading The policeman stood there, guarding it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would not let them out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll call the manager," she said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She opened it.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He would not let them out.
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading "I'll call the manager," she said.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He would not let them out.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading She opened it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He would not let them out.
a member of a police force
From this reading The policeman stood there, guarding it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I'll call the manager," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The policeman stood there, guarding it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He would not let them out.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The policeman stood there, guarding it.
in the direction of
From this reading She led the child towards the door.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would not let them out.
Chapter 11 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 410 sentences of The painted room, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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