Chapter 6 of Wanderers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Wanderers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking. We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers. Then some one coughs outside. “There's some one coming in,” I say. The girls exchange glances and go out.
Chapter 6 of Wanderers is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cough” — a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
From this reading “Then some one coughs outside.”
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “The girls exchange glances and go out.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.”
plural of “glance” — a quick look
From this reading “The girls exchange glances and go out.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.”
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “There's some one coming in,” I say.
plural of “cough” — a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
From this reading Then some one coughs outside.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading The girls exchange glances and go out.
a social unit living together
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girls exchange glances and go out.
plural of “glance” — a quick look
From this reading The girls exchange glances and go out.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The girls exchange glances and go out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
and nothing more
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then some one coughs outside.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The girls exchange glances and go out.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Then some one coughs outside.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
express in words
From this reading “There's some one coming in,” I say.
be seated
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then some one coughs outside.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then some one coughs outside.
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From this reading “There's some one coming in,” I say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have just finished supper, and the master of the house had put on his spectacles to read the papers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the evening I sit with the family in the parlour, talking.
Chapter 6 of Wanderers by Knut Hamsun holds 413 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 6 holds 413 sentences of Wanderers, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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