Chapter 11 of Marigold is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Marigold is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold: “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?” “Of course. I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly. He told me I had a lovely face.
Chapter 11 of Marigold is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading ““Of course.”
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
From this reading ““Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?””
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
From this reading “I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “He told me I had a lovely face.”
any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
From this reading “It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading ““Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?””
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “He told me I had a lovely face.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading ““Of course.”
In this reading “He told me I had a lovely face.”
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 He told me I had a lovely face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course.
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He told me I had a lovely face.
the act of departing
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He told me I had a lovely face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading He told me I had a lovely face.
any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He told me I had a lovely face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading He told me I had a lovely face.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was breakfast-time, and Alice said to Marigold:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I want to see what he thought of you and the jelly.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Will you be going to see the little cripple to-day, Princess?”
Chapter 11 of Marigold by Edith Allonby holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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 11 holds 155 sentences of Marigold, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Marigold by Edith Allonby exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 31 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 11 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Marigold, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
