Chapter 8 of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NINE DAYS’ WONDER! “Monstrous!” “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!” “Preposterous! Rubbish!
Chapter 8 of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 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.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “NINE DAYS’ WONDER!”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading ““Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!””
abnormally large
From this reading ““Monstrous!””
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “NINE DAYS’ WONDER!”
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading ““Preposterous!”
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading “Rubbish!”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading ““Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!””
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “NINE DAYS’ WONDER!”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading NINE DAYS’ WONDER!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
abnormally large
From this reading “Monstrous!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading NINE DAYS’ WONDER!
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading “Preposterous!
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading Rubbish!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
express in words
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading NINE DAYS’ WONDER!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Go and tell such tales to your grandmother!”
Chapter 8 of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3) by Mary C. (Mary Catherine) Rowsell holds 93 sentences, grouped into 19 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 93 sentences of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The silver dial, volume 2 (of 3) by Mary C. (Mary Catherine) Rowsell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 93 sentences, grouped into 19 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 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 19 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 8 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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