Chapter 5 of Twilight Land is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Twilight Land is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody. “Who are you?” says he. “I am Ill-Luck! Let me out! let me out!” “Let you out?” says the Fiddler.
Chapter 5 of Twilight Land is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
a musician who plays the violin
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me out! let me out!””
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading ““Who are you?” says he.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am Ill-Luck!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Who are you?” says he.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
a musician who plays the violin
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am Ill-Luck!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am Ill-Luck!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me out! let me out!”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me out! let me out!”
no person; not anyone
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Let me out! let me out!”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Who are you?” says he.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Fiddler looked up and down, but he could see nobody.
which person or people
From this reading “Who are you?” says he.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Who are you?” says he.
Chapter 5 of Twilight Land by Howard Pyle holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
Chapter 5 holds 166 sentences of Twilight Land, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Twilight Land by Howard Pyle exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 34 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.
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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 302 minutes of reading across 727 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Twilight Land section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Twilight Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
