Chapter 6 of The Thirteen Travellers is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Thirteen Travellers is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Lucy, dear--How _could_ you? What were you about? The train...." "Oh, it was a friend! I had to say good-bye.
Chapter 6 of The Thirteen Travellers is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What were you about?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
dearly loved
From this reading “"Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"Oh, it was a friend!”
a farewell remark
From this reading “I had to say good-bye.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?”
express in words
From this reading “I had to say good-bye.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “The train...."”
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 “I had to say good-bye.”
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 "Oh, it was a friend!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What were you about?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?
dearly loved
From this reading "Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Oh, it was a friend!
a farewell remark
From this reading I had to say good-bye.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had to say good-bye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had to say good-bye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, it was a friend!
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, it was a friend!
express in words
From this reading I had to say good-bye.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The train...."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had to say good-bye.
create by training and teaching
From this reading The train...."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, it was a friend!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What were you about?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What were you about?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Lucy, dear--How _could_ you?
Chapter 6 of The Thirteen Travellers by Hugh Walpole holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 426 sentences of The Thirteen Travellers, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Thirteen Travellers by Hugh Walpole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 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 6 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Thirteen Travellers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
