Chapter 8 of The Silver Shield is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 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 Shield is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM. As _I_ am now. You're right. Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it. SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
Chapter 8 of The Silver Shield is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading “Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.”
male cat
From this reading “TOM.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.”
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 “Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.”
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading As _I_ am now.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As _I_ am now.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As _I_ am now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading As _I_ am now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
precisely, exactly
From this reading You're right.
term of address for a man
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
male cat
From this reading TOM.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Thank you for bringing me, whatever comes of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're right.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SIR H. You have your portion of that letter?
Chapter 8 of The Silver Shield by Sydney Grundy holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of The Silver Shield, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Silver Shield by Sydney Grundy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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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About 285 minutes of reading across 686 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Silver Shield, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
