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Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Tono-Bungay is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By H. G. (Herbert George) Wells • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“Well, let’s all sit down,” said my uncle, suddenly whistling through his clenched teeth, and briskly rubbing his hands together.

He put up a chair for my mother, raised the blind of the little window, lowered it again, and returned to his hearthrug.

“I’m sure,” he said, as one who decides, “I’m very glad to see you.”

V As they talked I gave my attention pretty exclusively to my uncle.

I noted him in great detail.

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Chapter V Reading 1/42

Tono-Bungay

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Tono-Bungay is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“Well, let’s all sit down,” said my uncle, suddenly whistling through his clenched teeth, and briskly rubbing his hands together.

Line 2

He put up a chair for my mother, raised the blind of the little window, lowered it again, and returned to his hearthrug.

Line 3

“I’m sure,” he said, as one who decides, “I’m very glad to see you.”

Line 4

V As they talked I gave my attention pretty exclusively to my uncle.

Line 5

I noted him in great detail.

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a

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again

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all

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and

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as

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attention

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blind

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briskly

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chair

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clenched

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decides

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detail

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down

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exclusively

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for

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gave

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glad

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great

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hands

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He

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hearthrug

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him

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his

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I

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I'm

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in

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it

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let's

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little

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lowered

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mother

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my

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noted

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of

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one

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pretty

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put

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raised

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returned

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rubbing

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said

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see

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sit

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suddenly

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sure

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talked

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teeth

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the

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they

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through

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to

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together

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uncle

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up

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V

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very

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Well

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whistling

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who

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window

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you

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Chapter 5 of Tono-Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 of Tono-Bungay contain?

Chapter 5 holds 212 sentences of Tono-Bungay, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of Tono-Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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.

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