Chapter 3 of Tommy Wideawake is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Tommy Wideawake is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard. "Come up too," said Tommy. Madge's black eyes flashed. "I will," she said, clambering up the steps. Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
Chapter 3 of Tommy Wideawake is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Madge's black eyes flashed.”
pleasant-smelling
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
shining intensely
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading “Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.”
accept gladly
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.”
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.
In this reading “Madge's black eyes flashed.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “"Come up too," said Tommy.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Madge's black eyes flashed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I will," she said, clambering up the steps.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come up too," said Tommy.
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Madge's black eyes flashed.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Madge's black eyes flashed.
pleasant-smelling
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
shining intensely
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will," she said, clambering up the steps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madge's black eyes flashed.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come up too," said Tommy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I will," she said, clambering up the steps.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading "I will," she said, clambering up the steps.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading Tommy stooped down and gave her a hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come up too," said Tommy.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Come up too," said Tommy.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Come up too," said Tommy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
accept gladly
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will," she said, clambering up the steps.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading The hay-loft was cool and fragrant--a welcome contrast to the glaring yard.
Chapter 3 of Tommy Wideawake by H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir Bashford holds 475 sentences, grouped into 95 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 3 holds 475 sentences of Tommy Wideawake, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Tommy Wideawake by H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir Bashford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 475 sentences, grouped into 95 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 95 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 95 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 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
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