Chapter 10 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I achieved a cat-like celerity. In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible. I peered down through the branches ready for him. He wasn't there. Not up the tree again?...
Chapter 10 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading “I achieved a cat-like celerity.”
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “I peered down through the branches ready for him.”
a rate that is rapid
From this reading “I achieved a cat-like celerity.”
cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading “In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.”
staying power
From this reading “In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.”
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “I peered down through the branches ready for him.”
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading “In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.”
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading “In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.”
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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 “I peered down through the branches ready for him.”
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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 I achieved a cat-like celerity.
past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading I achieved a cat-like celerity.
anew
From this reading Not up the tree again?...
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I achieved a cat-like celerity.
a rate that is rapid
From this reading I achieved a cat-like celerity.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wasn't there.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I achieved a cat-like celerity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
staying power
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not up the tree again?...
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He wasn't there.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I peered down through the branches ready for him.
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Not up the tree again?...
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In another second I was back in my fork reloading, my legs tucked up as tightly as possible.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't there.
Chapter 10 of The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 402 sentences of The Passionate Friends, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 10 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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