Chapter 27 of The Crystal Cup is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of The Crystal Cup is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together. Her usually clear brain felt chaotic. A dog in the manger? Nice rôle for her. She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
Chapter 27 of The Crystal Cup is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.”
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.”
lacking a visible order or organization
From this reading “Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.”
the act of departing
From this reading “For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.”
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading “For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.”
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
From this reading “A dog in the manger?”
a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle
From this reading “She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.”
under normal conditions
From this reading “Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.”
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 “For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.”
In this reading “A dog in the manger?”
In this reading “For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A dog in the manger?
later than; following
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
lacking a visible order or organization
From this reading Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
the act of departing
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading A dog in the manger?
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
(Hinduism) the sacred “song of God” composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A dog in the manger?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
From this reading A dog in the manger?
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Nice rôle for her.
a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nice rôle for her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
not in physical motion
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A dog in the manger?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
under normal conditions
From this reading Her usually clear brain felt chaotic.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading She couldn’t have—didn’t want—Geoffrey Pelham.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For some time after Polly’s departure Gita lay still, with her brows drawn together.
Chapter 27 of The Crystal Cup by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 27 holds 190 sentences of The Crystal Cup, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of The Crystal Cup by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 38 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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