Chapter 9 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Just before he was married. You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.” “Oh, yes, I remember! He was. Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
Chapter 9 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.””
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.””
joined in matrimony
From this reading ““Just before he was married.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.””
-ing form of “prowl” — move about in or as if in a predatory manner
From this reading “You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.””
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““Oh, yes, I remember!”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.””
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading “Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.””
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 “You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Just before he was married.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Just before he was married.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, yes, I remember!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Just before he was married.
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Just before he was married.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, yes, I remember!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
-ing form of “prowl” — move about in or as if in a predatory manner
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Oh, yes, I remember!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading Give me that tea, please, Fanny, before you upset the cream-pitcher into it.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Just before he was married.
an affirmative
From this reading “Oh, yes, I remember!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You said he was prowling around at all hours of the night.”
Chapter 9 of A candle in the wind by Mary Imlay Taylor holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 9 holds 429 sentences of A candle in the wind, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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