Chapter 9 of The wild fawn is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The wild fawn is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Nightmare? Not a bit of it. I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it. I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration. A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.
Chapter 9 of The wild fawn is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Not a bit of it.”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.”
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
From this reading “I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.”
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading “A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.”
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading “A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.”
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading ““Nightmare?”
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading “I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.”
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.
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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 Not a bit of it.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Not a bit of it.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not a bit of it.
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading “Nightmare?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a bit of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a bit of it.
above and across; more than
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading A poor lawyer needs an inspiration.
express in words
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I’ll hang it up over my desk when I want an inspiration.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
at the time that
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell you what to do, Virginia--when you’re through with it let me have it.
Chapter 9 of The wild fawn by Mary Imlay Taylor holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 416 sentences of The wild fawn, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The wild fawn by Mary Imlay Taylor exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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