Chapter 4 of The Silver Shield is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Silver Shield is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY. Ned, here's Mr. Potter. _Enter TOM, R._ NED. (_rises_) Hallo, Tom! (_shakes hands_) TOM.
Chapter 4 of The Silver Shield is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “_Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.”
to come or go into
From this reading “_Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “_Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.”
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading “Ned, here's Mr. Potter.”
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
male cat
From this reading “_Enter TOM, R._ NED.”
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.
take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
In this reading “(_shakes hands_) TOM.”
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 _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter TOM, R._ NED.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_rises_) Hallo, Tom!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading (_shakes hands_) TOM.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned, here's Mr. Potter.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Ned, here's Mr. Potter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned, here's Mr. Potter.
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading Ned, here's Mr. Potter.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
enter again
From this reading _Re-enter LUCY, R., and down R.C._ LUCY.
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading (_rises_) Hallo, Tom!
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading (_shakes hands_) TOM.
male cat
From this reading _Enter TOM, R._ NED.
Chapter 4 of The Silver Shield by Sydney Grundy holds 432 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 4 holds 432 sentences of The Silver Shield, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Silver Shield by Sydney Grundy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 432 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.
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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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