Chapter 7 of Clematis is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Clematis is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano. The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her. "Sit down. Don't stand up now." Jane pulled her sleeve.
Chapter 7 of Clematis is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
From this reading “WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Jane pulled her sleeve.”
be seated
From this reading “"Sit down.”
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
From this reading “Jane pulled her sleeve.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “"Sit down.”
In this reading “The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.”
In this reading “The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Don't stand up now."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't stand up now."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Sit down.
set up or found
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jane pulled her sleeve.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Don't stand up now."
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
participate in games or sport
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Jane pulled her sleeve.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
an educational institution
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
be seated
From this reading "Sit down.
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
From this reading Jane pulled her sleeve.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Don't stand up now."
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The minute she began to play, Clematis stood up, and stared at her.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHAT CLEMATIS FOUND School began with music, and Miss Rose went to the piano.
Chapter 7 of Clematis by Bertha B. (Bertha Browning) Cobb holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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 7 holds 138 sentences of Clematis, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Clematis by Bertha B. (Bertha Browning) Cobb exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 28 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
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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About 198 minutes of reading across 476 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Clematis section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Clematis, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
