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Chapter V · Chapter 5

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FAREWELL.
Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;
Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;
* * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;
As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”
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North and South

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of North and South is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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FAREWELL.
/ˌferˈwel/
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Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;
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Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;
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* * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;
/tɪl frʌm ðə ˈɡɑːrdən ənd ðə waɪld ə freʃ əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən bloʊ ənd jɪr baɪ jɪr ðə ˈlændskeɪp ɡroʊ fəˈmɪljər tuː ðə ˈstreɪndʒərz tʃaɪld/
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As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

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beech noun US /biːtʃ/

any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions

From this reading ““Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;”

disk noun US /dɪsk/

something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

From this reading “Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;”

fades noun US /feɪdz/

plural of “fade” — a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

From this reading “As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.””

glades noun US /ɡleɪdz/

plural of “glade” — a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

From this reading “As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.””

maple noun US /ˈmeɪpəl/

wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading ““Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;”

spice noun US /spaɪs/

aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

From this reading “Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;”

stranger's noun US /ˈstreɪndʒərz/

possessive form of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

Unloved adjective US /ənˈlʌvd/

not loved

From this reading ““Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

airnounUS /er/

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

associationnounUS /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/

a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

beechnounUS /biːtʃ/

any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

blossomverbUS /ˈblɑːsəm/

produce or yield flowers

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

blowverbUS /bloʊ/

exhale hard

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

boughnounUS /baʊ/

any of the larger branches of a tree

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

brownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

burnverbUS /bɜːrn/

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

childnounUS /tʃaɪld/

a young person of either sex

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

circlenounUS /ˈsɜːrkəl/

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

disknounUS /dɪsk/

something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

fadesnounUS /feɪdz/

plural of “fade” — a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

fairadjectiveUS /fer/

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

FamiliaradjectiveUS /fəˈmɪljər/

well known or easily recognized

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

FAREWELLnounUS /ˌferˈwel/

an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

From this reading FAREWELL.

feedverbUS /fiːd/

provide as food

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

flamesnounUS /fleɪmz/

plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

flutterverbUS /ˈflʌtər/

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

freshadjectiveUS /freʃ/

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

gardennounUS /ˈɡɑːrdən/

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

gatherverbUS /ˈɡæðər/

assemble or get together

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

gladesnounUS /ɡleɪdz/

plural of “glade” — a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

glebenoun

plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

growverbUS /ɡroʊ/

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

hillsnounUS /hɪlz/

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

hummingnounUS /ˈhʌmɪŋ/

a humming noise

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

labourernoun

someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

lops

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

maplenounUS /ˈmeɪpəl/

wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

RaynounUS /reɪ/

a column of light (as from a beacon)

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

rose-carnation

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

roundnounUS /raʊnd/

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

seednounUS /siːd/

a small hard fruit

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

shiningadjectiveUS /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/

marked by exceptional merit

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

spicenounUS /spaɪs/

aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

stranger'snounUS /ˈstreɪndʒərz/

possessive form of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

sun-flower

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

swayverbUS /sweɪ/

move back and forth or sideways

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

tenderadjectiveUS /ˈtendər/

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

TillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

tills

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

UnlovedadjectiveUS /ənˈlʌvd/

not loved

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

Unwatch'd

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

wildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away;

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round with flames her disk of seed, And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air;

wontedadjective

commonly used or practiced; usual

From this reading As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades; And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.”

yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading * * * * * Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger’s child;

Chapter 5 of North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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.

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Haste
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Wedding
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