Chapter 8 of The Red Lady is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Red Lady is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|I CAME to my senses. I looked up slowly. The thing was gone. I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room. There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
Chapter 8 of The Red Lady is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
next to; at the side of
From this reading “There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.”
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.”
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading “I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.”
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “|I CAME to my senses.”
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.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
In this reading “There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.”
seek information from
In this reading “I looked up slowly.”
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
In this reading “I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.”
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 put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
next to; at the side of
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading |I CAME to my senses.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The thing was gone.
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading |I CAME to my senses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked up slowly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading |I CAME to my senses.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I put out the light and fled like a hunted creature to my room.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading |I CAME to my senses.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading I looked up slowly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The thing was gone.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There I locked myself in and dropped down on my knees beside my bed.
a special situation
From this reading The thing was gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |I CAME to my senses.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I looked up slowly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The thing was gone.
Chapter 8 of The Red Lady by Katharine Newlin Burt holds 88 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 8 holds 88 sentences of The Red Lady, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Red Lady by Katharine Newlin Burt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 88 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.
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