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Through the Looking-Glass

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It’s my own Invention After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.
There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.
However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, unlessunless we’re all part of the same dream.
Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!
I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Through the Looking-Glass

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It’s my own InventionAfter a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.
Line 2
There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.
Line 3
However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unlessunless we’re all part of the same dream.
Line 4
Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!
Line 5
I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

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.

Dream noun US /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading “However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.”

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!””

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.”

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading ““It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.”

All words in this reading · 95

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

about

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

After

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

alarm

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

Alice

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

all

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

and

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

Anglo-Saxon

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

another

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

at

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

away

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

be

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

been

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

belonging

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

complaining

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

cut

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

dead

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

die

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

dish

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

do

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

don't

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

dreamnounUS /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

dreaming

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

feet

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

first

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

go

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

gradually

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

great

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

had

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

happens

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

have

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

head

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

her

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

herself

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

him

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

hope

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

However

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

I

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

I've

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

in

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

Invention

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

It's

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

King's

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

lifted

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

like

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

Lion

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

lying

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

Messengers

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

must

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

my

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

no

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

noise

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

not

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

of

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

on

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

one

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

Only

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

own

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

part

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

person's

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

plum-cake

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

queer

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

rather

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

Red

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From this reading Only I do hope it’s _my_ dream, and not the Red King’s!

said

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

see

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

seemed

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

seen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

So

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

some

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

still

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

the

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

There

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

those

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

thought

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

till

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

to

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

tone

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

tried

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

Unicorn

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From this reading There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers.

unless

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

up

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

wake

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

was

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

wasn't

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

we're

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

went

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

what

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From this reading I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream,” she went on in a rather complaining tone: “I’ve a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!”

which

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From this reading However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, “So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,” she said to herself, “unless—unless we’re all part of the same dream.

while

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From this reading “It’s my own Invention” After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

Chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass contain?

Chapter 8 holds 230 sentences of Through the Looking-Glass, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

How do I study chapter 8 of Through the Looking-Glass?

Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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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Vocabulary met early in Through the Looking-Glass

Words and structures a reader meets early in Through the Looking-Glass, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Looking-glass
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through the Looking-Glass; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
House
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through the Looking-Glass; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Thing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through the Looking-Glass; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Certain
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through the Looking-Glass; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.