Chapter 8 of The Star-Gazers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Star-Gazers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, dear, not a soul. Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night." "Humph! Didn't want to, I suppose." "Rob!"
Chapter 8 of The Star-Gazers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."”
dearly loved
From this reading “"No, dear, not a soul.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “"No, dear, not a soul.”
express a supposition
From this reading “Didn't want to, I suppose."”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Didn't want to, I suppose."”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "No, dear, not a soul.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
dearly loved
From this reading "No, dear, not a soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn't want to, I suppose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Humph!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, dear, not a soul.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, dear, not a soul.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "No, dear, not a soul.
express a supposition
From this reading Didn't want to, I suppose."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Rob, I thought I should never be able to come to-night."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Didn't want to, I suppose."
Chapter 8 of The Star-Gazers by George Manville Fenn holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of The Star-Gazers, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Star-Gazers by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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