Chapter 16 of Zelda Dameron is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of Zelda Dameron is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air. “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda. “I’m always coming at the wrong time.” “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive. “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
Chapter 16 of Zelda Dameron is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 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.
softly bright or radiant
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
made known or openly avowed
From this reading ““It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading ““But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
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 ““But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.”
exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
In this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
as might be expected
In this reading ““It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.”
In this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
In this reading “IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.”
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 IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
softly bright or radiant
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
(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 IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
accept an excuse for
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m always coming at the wrong time.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It’s always the right time,” declared Olive.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “It’s the wrong time, of course,” said Zelda.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But you’ll have to excuse me for a few minutes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN OLIVE’S KITCHEN Olive went from the kitchen to the front door and received Zelda, all aglow from a rapid walk through the cold crisp November air.
Chapter 16 of Zelda Dameron by Meredith Nicholson holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 16 holds 152 sentences of Zelda Dameron, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Zelda Dameron by Meredith Nicholson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 31 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 16 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 Zelda Dameron by Meredith Nicholson on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 7412 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65630 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #65630, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1483 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Zelda Dameron section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of Zelda Dameron 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 Zelda Dameron, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
