Chapter 8 of The thing in the woods is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The thing in the woods is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?" "Nothing to do with suicide. Jake had a fit and fell in the water." "Exactly." He walked a few paces in silence.
Chapter 8 of The thing in the woods is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading “"Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"Exactly."”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “Jake had a fit and fell in the water."”
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “He walked a few paces in silence.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “He walked a few paces in silence.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “"Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"”
the act of killing yourself
From this reading “"Nothing to do with suicide.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading “He walked a few paces in silence.”
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 “He walked a few paces in silence.”
In this reading “He walked a few paces in silence.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
any thing at all
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Nothing to do with suicide.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Exactly."
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading He walked a few paces in silence.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He walked a few paces in silence.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing to do with suicide.
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading He walked a few paces in silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading He walked a few paces in silence.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
the act of killing yourself
From this reading "Nothing to do with suicide.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He walked a few paces in silence.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Jake had a fit and fell in the water."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Taken with Crowfoot's action, does that suggest anything to you?"
Chapter 8 of The thing in the woods by Harper Williams holds 411 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 411 sentences of The thing in the woods, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The thing in the woods by Harper Williams exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 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.
Each of the 83 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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