Chapter 8 of Years of Plenty is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Years of Plenty is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I move the question be put." His advice was taken. "Beer," said Lawrence. "My god, more beer." And so the evenings would begin.
Chapter 8 of Years of Plenty is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “His advice was taken.”
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From this reading “"Beer," said Lawrence.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “And so the evenings would begin.”
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “And so the evenings would begin.”
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading “"Beer," said Lawrence.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I move the question be put."”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “I move the question be put."”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “His advice was taken.”
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.
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.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading His advice was taken.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so the evenings would begin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I move the question be put."
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From this reading "Beer," said Lawrence.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And so the evenings would begin.
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading And so the evenings would begin.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "My god, more beer."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His advice was taken.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I move the question be put."
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading "Beer," said Lawrence.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "My god, more beer."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I move the question be put."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My god, more beer."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I move the question be put."
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading I move the question be put."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Beer," said Lawrence.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so the evenings would begin.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading His advice was taken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I move the question be put."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His advice was taken.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And so the evenings would begin.
Chapter 8 of Years of Plenty by Ivor John Carnegie Brown holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 401 sentences of Years of Plenty, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Years of Plenty by Ivor John Carnegie Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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.
Common questions about reading Years of Plenty by Ivor John Carnegie Brown on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4784 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33096 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #33096, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 398 minutes of reading across 957 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Years of Plenty section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Years of Plenty 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 Years of Plenty, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
