Chapter 9 of Buttered Side Down: Stories is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Buttered Side Down: Stories is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was a long silence. Effie's eyes were closed. But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks. She did not raise her hand to wipe them away. Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Chapter 9 of Buttered Side Down: Stories is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was a long silence.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.”
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From this reading There was a long silence.
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From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
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From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Effie's eyes were closed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Effie's eyes were closed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Effie's eyes were closed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a long silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was a long silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gabie's other hand reached over and met the one that already clasped Effie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a long silence.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a long silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But two great tears stole out from beneath each lid and coursed their slow way down her thin cheeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Effie's eyes were closed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not raise her hand to wipe them away.
Chapter 9 of Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 212 sentences of Buttered Side Down: Stories, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 43 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.
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