Chapter 9 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GIRL. And I love you, Jim. I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world. THE MAN. Amen to that, my dear.
Chapter 9 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “Amen to that, my dear.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Amen to that, my dear.”
a young female
From this reading “THE GIRL.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “And I love you, Jim.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “THE MAN.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.”
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.
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.
(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 I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading Amen to that, my dear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I love you, Jim.
dearly loved
From this reading Amen to that, my dear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
a young female
From this reading THE GIRL.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I love you, Jim.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I love you, Jim.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading And I love you, Jim.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE MAN.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Amen to that, my dear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Amen to that, my dear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Amen to that, my dear.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I don't want nothin' more than you in all the world.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I love you, Jim.
Chapter 9 of Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 410 sentences of Six Short Plays, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 9 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.
Common questions about reading Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4146 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5060 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #5060, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 345 minutes of reading across 830 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Six Short Plays section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 10 chapters of Six Short Plays to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Six Short Plays, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
