Chapter 8 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Where did you get the coin?” “At Cos...” “You are from Cos?” “Yes, I came from Cos.” “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
Chapter 8 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ““Yes, I came from Cos.””
make up
From this reading ““Where did you get the coin?””
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
From this reading ““At Cos...””
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ““Where did you get the coin?””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ““He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.”
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading ““He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, I came from Cos.””
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 ““Yes, I came from Cos.””
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are from Cos?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “At Cos...”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Yes, I came from Cos.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
make up
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
From this reading “At Cos...”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You are from Cos?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, I came from Cos.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading “He came on one of my ships,” Charaxos said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, I came from Cos.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where did you get the coin?”
Chapter 8 of Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 8 holds 406 sentences of Voices from the Past, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 8 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Voices from the Past, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
