Chapter 5 of The Rescue is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Rescue is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't be alarmed. Not to the Seine. I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham. I shall be back to dinner. You will admit me?"
Chapter 5 of The Rescue is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 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.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “You will admit me?"”
experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading “"Don't be alarmed.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “I shall be back to dinner.”
the act of departing
From this reading “I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.”
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading “Not to the Seine.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall be back to dinner.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.”
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 I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading You will admit me?"
experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading "Don't be alarmed.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I shall be back to dinner.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Don't be alarmed.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading I shall be back to dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't be alarmed.
the act of departing
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You will admit me?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not to the Seine.
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading Not to the Seine.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall be back to dinner.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not to the Seine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not to the Seine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will admit me?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading I am going to a tea with Mrs. Wallingham.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will admit me?"
Chapter 5 of The Rescue by Anne Douglas Sedgwick holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 5 holds 434 sentences of The Rescue, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Rescue by Anne Douglas Sedgwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 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 5 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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About 182 minutes of reading across 438 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Rescue, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
