Chapter 9 of In a Quiet Village is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of In a Quiet Village is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door. The answer came from an inner room. “It be I, Polly,” called Tom. “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.” “Come in—come in, Tom.”
Chapter 9 of In a Quiet Village is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““It be I, Polly,” called Tom.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.””
located inward
From this reading “The answer came from an inner room.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.”
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading “To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.”
male cat
From this reading ““It be I, Polly,” called Tom.”
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 “The answer came from an inner room.”
In this reading “The answer came from an inner room.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
react verbally
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The answer came from an inner room.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come in—come in, Tom.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The answer came from an inner room.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in—come in, Tom.”
located inward
From this reading The answer came from an inner room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
and nothing more
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The answer came from an inner room.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To his knock he received an answer, as he opened the door.
male cat
From this reading “It be I, Polly,” called Tom.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Just passin’, and want to see how Bessie be enjoyin’ of herself.”
Chapter 9 of In a Quiet Village by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 411 sentences of In a Quiet Village, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of In a Quiet Village by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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