Chapter 6 of Tioba, and Other Tales is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tioba, and Other Tales is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently. He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat. “'Tain't straight. I won't stand it.” “We won't fight, Bill.
Chapter 6 of Tioba, and Other Tales is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading ““It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading ““We won't fight, Bill.”
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.”
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading ““It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.”
be standing; be upright
From this reading “I won't stand it.””
successive (without a break)
From this reading ““'Tain't straight.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.”
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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 “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “We won't fight, Bill.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I won't stand it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I won't stand it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
and nothing more
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
above and across; more than
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading He rose on his knees and looked over the back of the seat.
be standing; be upright
From this reading I won't stand it.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “'Tain't straight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Tain't straight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We won't fight, Bill.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “It's only a woman, Bill,” said the other patiently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I won't stand it.”
Chapter 6 of Tioba, and Other Tales by Arthur Colton 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 6 holds 425 sentences of Tioba, and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Tioba, and Other Tales by Arthur Colton 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 6 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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About 214 minutes of reading across 514 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Tioba, and Other Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
