Chapter 8 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WESTWARD, HO! The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward. What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility. As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run. You must turn about, and hit it hard.
Chapter 8 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 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.
plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading “What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.”
being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
From this reading “What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “You must turn about, and hit it hard.”
a future prospect or potential
From this reading “What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.”
perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
From this reading “What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.”
toward the west
From this reading “WESTWARD, HO!”
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.
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 What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You must turn about, and hit it hard.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You must turn about, and hit it hard.
any thing at all
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading You must turn about, and hit it hard.
cause to move by striking
From this reading You must turn about, and hit it hard.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading WESTWARD, HO!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
and nothing more
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
a future prospect or potential
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading You must turn about, and hit it hard.
precisely as stated
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The days passed too slowly, it seemed to the girls, eager as they were to get started westward.
toward the west
From this reading WESTWARD, HO!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had seemed only one of Polly’s balloons, as Ruth called them, had developed into a very tangible possibility.
at the time that
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As Ted said, when one is afraid of anything, you must not run.
Chapter 8 of The Polly Page Ranch Club by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 8 holds 161 sentences of The Polly Page Ranch Club, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Polly Page Ranch Club by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 33 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 8 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.
Common questions about reading The Polly Page Ranch Club by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4323 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56773 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #56773, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 360 minutes of reading across 865 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Polly Page Ranch Club section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 25 chapters of The Polly Page Ranch Club to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Polly Page Ranch Club, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
