Chapter 9 of Children of the Market Place is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Children of the Market Place is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This June weather in Illinois! Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue! The warmth and the vitality of the air! The glistening leaves of the forest trees! The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
Chapter 9 of Children of the Market Place is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
From this reading “The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!”
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!”
half of the terrestrial globe
From this reading “Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!”
a midwestern state in north-central United States
From this reading “This June weather in Illinois!”
plural of “purple” — a purple color or pigment
From this reading “The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!”
graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
From this reading “The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!”
an energetic style
From this reading “The warmth and the vitality of the air!”
plural of “woodland” — land that is covered with trees and shrubs
From this reading “The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The warmth and the vitality of the air!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The warmth and the vitality of the air!
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading The glistening leaves of the forest trees!
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
reflecting light
From this reading The glistening leaves of the forest trees!
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
half of the terrestrial globe
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
a midwestern state in north-central United States
From this reading This June weather in Illinois!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This June weather in Illinois!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading This June weather in Illinois!
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading The glistening leaves of the forest trees!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
plural of “purple” — a purple color or pigment
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This June weather in Illinois!
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The glistening leaves of the forest trees!
an energetic style
From this reading The warmth and the vitality of the air!
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading The warmth and the vitality of the air!
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading This June weather in Illinois!
a Caucasian
From this reading Such glorious white clouds floating in the boundless hemisphere of fresh blue!
plural of “woodland” — land that is covered with trees and shrubs
From this reading The deep green shading into purples and blues of the distant woodlands!
Chapter 9 of Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters holds 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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 239 sentences of Children of the Market Place, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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.
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