Chapter 10 of Uncanny Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Uncanny Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How do you mean? You don’t come ‘after’ her.” “I mean, after all she was to you. After all she did. Your life with her was so perfect.”
Chapter 10 of Uncanny Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
later than; following
From this reading “You don’t come ‘after’ her.””
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You don’t come ‘after’ her.””
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Your life with her was so perfect.””
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““How do you mean?”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “Your life with her was so perfect.””
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later than; following
From this reading You don’t come ‘after’ her.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “I mean, after all she was to you.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You don’t come ‘after’ her.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading After all she did.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do you mean?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t come ‘after’ her.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You don’t come ‘after’ her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you mean?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I mean, after all she was to you.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Your life with her was so perfect.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “How do you mean?
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading Your life with her was so perfect.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I mean, after all she was to you.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Your life with her was so perfect.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I mean, after all she was to you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I mean, after all she was to you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Your life with her was so perfect.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you mean?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your life with her was so perfect.”
Chapter 10 of Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 412 sentences of Uncanny Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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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