Chapter 9 of The War-Workers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The War-Workers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?" "Of course we must. What an idea! How am I to get my kettle boiled? I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
Chapter 9 of The War-Workers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 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.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."”
a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
From this reading “"_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"”
cooked in hot water
From this reading “How am I to get my kettle boiled?”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."”
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading “How am I to get my kettle boiled?”
a feeling of deep longing
From this reading “I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."”
On the present night.
From this reading “"_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “"Of course we must.”
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 I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading What an idea!
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
cooked in hot water
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course we must.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading What an idea!
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How am I to get my kettle boiled?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course we must.
a feeling of deep longing
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
and nothing more
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
On the present night.
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Of course we must.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What an idea!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading I'm simply pining for a cup of tea; the work was awful tonight."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_Must_ you go to the bathroom tonight?"
Chapter 9 of The War-Workers by E. M. Delafield holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 9 holds 425 sentences of The War-Workers, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The War-Workers by E. M. Delafield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 9 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 War-Workers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
