Chapter 9 of Cottage Folk is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Cottage Folk is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused. He guessed her meaning. “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly. “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again. “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
Chapter 9 of Cottage Folk is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading “She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.”
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading ““No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.”
past form of “guess” — expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “He guessed her meaning.”
in a harsh or unkind manner
From this reading “She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “He guessed her meaning.”
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading ““No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading ““’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading ““I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.”
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 ““I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.”
In this reading ““No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.”
In this reading ““’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
later than; following
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
anew
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
past form of “guess” — expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading He guessed her meaning.
in a harsh or unkind manner
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He guessed her meaning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading He guessed her meaning.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
not any; not one
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She laughed harshly, and he stopped—confused.
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “No,” she answered, struggling fiercely with tears again.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “I’ve been out o’ work this three weeks.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “’Aven’t ye got no money?” asked he after a minute or two, timidly.
Chapter 9 of Cottage Folk by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 387 sentences of Cottage Folk, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Cottage Folk by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 346 minutes of reading across 832 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Cottage Folk, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
