Chapter 9 of Children of the Cliff is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Children of the Cliff is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff. All about them was beautiful red sandstone. So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire. Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand. The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
Chapter 9 of Children of the Cliff is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.”
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
From this reading “Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.”
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading “So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.”
a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
From this reading “All about them was beautiful red sandstone.”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.”
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
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 “All about them was beautiful red sandstone.”
In this reading “So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.”
In this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
In this reading “Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.”
In this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
In this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
In this reading “THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.”
In this reading “Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
(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 All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
start firing a weapon
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
and nothing more
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE JOURNEY Just at sunset the two children stood on the cliff.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All about them was beautiful red sandstone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So red were the rocks that the setting sun made them glow like fire.
a Caucasian
From this reading The few white rocks looked like silver in the fiery light.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Every little bush in the valley was covered with gleaming red sand.
Chapter 9 of Children of the Cliff by Belle Wiley holds 24 sentences, grouped into 5 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 24 sentences of Children of the Cliff, unabridged, divided into 5 reading sections.
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