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Life on the Mississippi

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Mark Twain • Curated US English Learning Edition

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English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5

Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

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Chapter IX Reading 1/35

Life on the Mississippi

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

Line 2

Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

Line 3

My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

Line 4

Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

Line 5

But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

All words in this reading · 55

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a

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

an

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

and

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

anything

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

appeared

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

at

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

below

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

brother

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

Brown

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

But

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

clerk

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

Compliments

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

condescended

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

deck

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

down

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From this reading Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

Exchange

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

gave

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got

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

had

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

he

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

heard

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

his

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

hurricane

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

I

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

intimation

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

into

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

landing

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

later

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

mile

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

My

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

never

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

no

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

notice

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of

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on

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

or

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

other

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

pulling

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From this reading Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

serious

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

shouted

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

so

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

some

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

steering

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From this reading Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

stop

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

take

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

that

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From this reading Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

the

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

to

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

trips

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

trouble

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

Two

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From this reading Brown and I Exchange Compliments Two trips later, I got into serious trouble.

under

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

was

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From this reading Brown was steering; I was 'pulling down.'

way

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From this reading But that was his way: he never condescended to take notice of an under clerk.

younger

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From this reading My younger brother appeared on the hurricane deck, and shouted to Brown to stop at some landing or other a mile or so below.

Chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

What does chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi contain?

Chapter 9 holds 175 sentences of Life on the Mississippi, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

How do I study chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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.

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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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Is this the complete text of Life on the Mississippi?

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Vocabulary met early in Life on the Mississippi

Words and structures a reader meets early in Life on the Mississippi, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Witnesses: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stewart: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Turns: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Traitor: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.