Chapter 3 of Trimblerigg is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Trimblerigg is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly. ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’ ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’ ‘Well, you can leave it, I say.’ ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
Chapter 3 of Trimblerigg is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.”
on a floor below
From this reading “‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’”
take in solid food
From this reading “‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.”
go away from a place
From this reading “‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’”
in the near future
From this reading “‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.”
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading “‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.”
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.
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
on a floor below
From this reading ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’
take in solid food
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
the act of departing
From this reading ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
and nothing more
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
go away from a place
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘No, I can’t; I’m going downstairs.’
in a peevish manner
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
express in words
From this reading ‘Well, you can leave it, I say.’
in the near future
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ‘I don’t want it,’ he cried peevishly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Well, you can leave it, I say.’
but in spite of that
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Anyway, I don’t want it just yet: you can leave it.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘And you’d empty it away and eat the sugar as soon as my back was turned.
Chapter 3 of Trimblerigg by Laurence Housman holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of Trimblerigg, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Trimblerigg by Laurence Housman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 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.
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.
Common questions about reading Trimblerigg by Laurence Housman on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Trimblerigg section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of Trimblerigg to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Trimblerigg, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
