Chapter 14 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Bless my soul, no!” “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic. “No-o.” “Pedagogy?” mournfully. “Certainly not!”
Chapter 14 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
give a benediction to
From this reading ““Bless my soul, no!””
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading ““Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““Certainly not!””
having or showing great excitement and interest
From this reading ““Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.”
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading ““Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.”
to a moderate degree
From this reading ““Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.”
the principles and methods of instruction
From this reading ““Pedagogy?” mournfully.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading ““Bless my soul, no!””
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 “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
give a benediction to
From this reading “Bless my soul, no!”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Certainly not!”
having or showing great excitement and interest
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
to a moderate degree
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
in a mournful manner
From this reading “Pedagogy?” mournfully.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Bless my soul, no!”
not any; not one
From this reading “Bless my soul, no!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No-o.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Certainly not!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Oh, a book on literature!” mildly enthusiastic.
the principles and methods of instruction
From this reading “Pedagogy?” mournfully.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Bless my soul, no!”
Chapter 14 of The Vinegar Saint by Hughes Mearns holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 14 holds 400 sentences of The Vinegar Saint, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Vinegar Saint by Hughes Mearns exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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 14 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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