Chapter 8 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He could n’t honestly wish that. It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons. He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work. Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame. Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
Chapter 8 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?”
put or pin the blame on
From this reading “Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.”
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.”
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading “He could n’t honestly wish that.”
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading “Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “He could n’t honestly wish that.”
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.
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find unexpectedly
In this reading “Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
put or pin the blame on
From this reading Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
in or at that place or location
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
precisely as stated
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading He could n’t honestly wish that.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He ’d had a very happy time there and done good work.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Since Cliff Wrangham was n’t to blame, then, would he be prepared to wish that he had never come across the post-girl?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was n’t fair to Cliff Wrangham or the Dixons.
Chapter 8 of The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of The Post-Girl, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 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.
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