Chapter 29 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was after ten o’clock. The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out. To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away. An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained. Crome Fair was over.
Chapter 29 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cart” — draw slowly or heavily
From this reading “To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.”
plural of “dancer” — a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.”
torn down and broken up
From this reading “To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.”
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading “The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.”
a wide scope
From this reading “An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.”
a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
From this reading “To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.”
showing signs of wear and tear
From this reading “An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.”
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
later than; following
From this reading It was after ten o’clock.
(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 An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
past form of “cart” — draw slowly or heavily
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crome Fair was over.
plural of “dancer” — a performer who dances professionally
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
torn down and broken up
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
a wide scope
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Crome Fair was over.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was after ten o’clock.
immediately past
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
according to the clock
From this reading It was after ten o’clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
above and across; more than
From this reading Crome Fair was over.
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
showing signs of wear and tear
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading It was after ten o’clock.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was after ten o’clock.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dancers had already dispersed and the last lights were being put out.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading An expanse of worn grass, a shabby brown patch in the wide green of the park, would be all that remained.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To-morrow the tents would be struck, the dismantled merry-go-round would be packed into waggons and carted away.
Chapter 29 of Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 29 holds 140 sentences of Crome Yellow, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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