Chapter 8 of The Secret Places of the Heart is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Secret Places of the Heart is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest. “She wants to go on with her work. She is able to work anywhere. All she wants is just cardboard and ink. My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
Chapter 8 of The Secret Places of the Heart is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
at or in or to any place
From this reading “She is able to work anywhere.”
a stiff moderately thick paper
From this reading “All she wants is just cardboard and ink.”
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading “My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....””
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
From this reading “My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....””
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading “All she wants is just cardboard and ink.”
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
From this reading “The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.”
kept in good condition
From this reading “The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.”
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading “My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....””
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.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading She is able to work anywhere.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All she wants is just cardboard and ink.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All she wants is just cardboard and ink.
at or in or to any place
From this reading She is able to work anywhere.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
a stiff moderately thick paper
From this reading All she wants is just cardboard and ink.
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading All she wants is just cardboard and ink.
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is able to work anywhere.
and nothing more
From this reading All she wants is just cardboard and ink.
kept in good condition
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor maintained his expression of intelligent interest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading My mind on the other hand turns back to the Fuel Commission....”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “She wants to go on with her work.
Chapter 8 of The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 224 sentences of The Secret Places of the Heart, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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.
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