Chapter 9 of The Young Train Master is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Young Train Master is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining. “That’s great!” he said. “That’s great.” Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again. “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
Chapter 9 of The Young Train Master is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading ““It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.”
form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading “A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.”
plural of “burst” — the act of exploding or bursting
From this reading “A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.”
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
From this reading ““It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading ““It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.”
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading ““It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.”
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading “Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.”
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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 A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
anew
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
plural of “burst” — the act of exploding or bursting
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
opinion or judgment
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “That’s great!” he said.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That’s great!” he said.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s great!” he said.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
be seated
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s great!” he said.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Round motioned him to sit down again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A BUBBLE BURSTS ALLAN was on his feet, his eyes shining.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “It isn’t altogether on high moral grounds I’m deciding this way,” he said.
Chapter 9 of The Young Train Master by Burton Egbert Stevenson holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 174 sentences of The Young Train Master, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Young Train Master by Burton Egbert Stevenson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 35 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.
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