Chapter I
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Youngest Girl in the Fifth is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Gwen! Gwen Gascoyne! Gwen! Anybody seen her? I say, have you all gone deaf?
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Youngest Girl in the Fifth is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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"Gwen!
Gwen
Gascoyne!
Gwen!
Anybody
seen
her?
I
say,
have
you
all
gone
deaf?
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The Youngest Girl in the Fifth
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Youngest Girl in the Fifth is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
"Gwen!
Line 2
Gwen
Gascoyne!
Line 3
Gwen!
Line 4
Anybody
seen
her?
/ˈenibədi siːn hɜːr/
Line 5
I
say,
have
you
all
gone
deaf?
/aɪ seɪ hæv juː ɔːl ɡɔːn def/
Learner Dictionary
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.
any person at all
From this reading “Anybody seen her?”
deaf
adjective
US /def/
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading “I say, have you all gone deaf?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “I say, have you all gone deaf?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I say, have you all gone deaf?”
express in words
From this reading “I say, have you all gone deaf?”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Anybody seen her?”
All words in this reading · 12
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
any person at all
From this reading Anybody seen her?
deafadjectiveUS /def/
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
Gascoyne
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gwen Gascoyne!
destroyed or killed
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
Gwen
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Gwen!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Anybody seen her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
express in words
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Anybody seen her?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I say, have you all gone deaf?
Chapter 1 of The Youngest Girl in the Fifth by Angela Brazil holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
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Vocabulary met early in The Youngest Girl in the Fifth
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Youngest Girl in the Fifth, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Gascoyne
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Youngest Girl in the Fifth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Anybody
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- Don't
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- Where's
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