Chapter 27 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 840 sentences across 168 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 840 sentences across 168 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE. MR. BRANTOCK'S HORSE. ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE. HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
Chapter 27 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 840 sentences across 168 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/168 · 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.
past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.”
similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
From this reading “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
past form of “repair” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
From this reading “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
plural of “stride” — a step in walking or running
From this reading “HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.”
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.”
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 “HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.”
In this reading “HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRANTOCK'S HORSE.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
a small house with a single story
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
start firing a weapon
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading BRANTOCK'S HORSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
past form of “repair” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ELIZABETH-NEXT-DOOR, AND THE BIT OF FIRE SHE MADE.
having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
plural of “stride” — a step in walking or running
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW TOFT THE GIPSY SPOTTED A LIKENESS, AND REPAIRED THE GLASS TOBY HAD AIMED AT.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading HOW THAT WIDOW GOT THE "OLD CAT" AWAY TO STRIDES COTTAGE.
Chapter 27 of When Ghost Meets Ghost by William De Morgan holds 840 sentences, grouped into 168 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 27 holds 840 sentences of When Ghost Meets Ghost, unabridged, divided into 168 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of When Ghost Meets Ghost by William De Morgan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 840 sentences, grouped into 168 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 168 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 168 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 27 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 When Ghost Meets Ghost by William De Morgan on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 25670 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30896 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #30896, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 5134 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through When Ghost Meets Ghost section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of When Ghost Meets Ghost 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 When Ghost Meets Ghost, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
