Chapter 4 of The Third Window is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Third Window is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose? Because I don't intend to go. When am I to see you? I hope you aren't unwell? Yours ever, BEVIS."
Chapter 4 of The Third Window is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “"_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope you aren't unwell?”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “Because I don't intend to go.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?”
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading “I hope you aren't unwell?”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Yours ever, BEVIS."”
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading When am I to see you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hope you aren't unwell?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
for the reason that
From this reading Because I don't intend to go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yours ever, BEVIS."
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
at any time
From this reading Yours ever, BEVIS."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Because I don't intend to go.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope you aren't unwell?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading Because I don't intend to go.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading When am I to see you?
express a supposition
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading I hope you aren't unwell?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
at the time that
From this reading When am I to see you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_Dearest Tony_, You don't want to drive me away, I suppose?
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Yours ever, BEVIS."
Chapter 4 of The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 444 sentences of The Third Window, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 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 4 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 185 minutes of reading across 445 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Third Window section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Third Window, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
