Chapter 4 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She came a step further toward the center of the room. "Genius,--Jasper?" "My genius, Ellen. Mine." He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
Chapter 4 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading “She came a step further toward the center of the room.”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading “"Genius,--Jasper?"”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading “"Genius,--Jasper?"”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
not divisible by two
From this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
curved or curving in and out
From this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
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.
In this reading “She came a step further toward the center of the room.”
In this reading “He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.”
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 She came a step further toward the center of the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
travel across or pass over
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My genius, Ellen.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading "Genius,--Jasper?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading "Genius,--Jasper?"
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mine."
in motion
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My genius, Ellen.
not divisible by two
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
curved or curving in and out
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
in the direction of
From this reading She came a step further toward the center of the room.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He watched her cross the room with that odd, sinuous moving of hers and place the lamp in the center of his desk.
Chapter 4 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories by G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) Wormser holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 4 holds 425 sentences of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories by G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) Wormser exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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