Chapter 9 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment. Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob. Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it. Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane. Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
Chapter 9 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading “Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.”
sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
From this reading “Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.”
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
From this reading “Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:”
free from harm or evil
weep convulsively
From this reading “Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.”
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.
temporarily
In this reading “CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.”
In this reading “Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:”
In this reading “Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.”
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 CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
later than; following
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
a flaw or weak point
From this reading Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
without good reason
From this reading Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
a particular point in time
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
in motion
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
not any; not one
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.
sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
From this reading Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
free from harm or evil
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
weep convulsively
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
with low volume
From this reading Pressing her lips close to the glass she called softly:
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading Failing, she tapped lightly on the pane.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then in the darkness Penny heard a choked sob.
in or at that place or location
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHAPTER _RESCUE_ After the door had closed there was no further sound for a moment.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Moving closer to the window she tried to raise it.
Chapter 9 of Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 414 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 9 holds 414 sentences of Behind the Green Door, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 315 minutes of reading across 757 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Behind the Green Door, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
