Chapter 9 of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She then drew me into the garden. "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain. To-morrow there will not be time for it." We walked arm in arm into the garden. She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
Chapter 9 of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
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propose a payment
From this reading “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading “She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.”
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
plural of “orange” — round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.”
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
From this reading “She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.”
shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
From this reading “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading “She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.”
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 “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
any citrus tree bearing oranges
In this reading “"Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.”
anew
In this reading “She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.”
In this reading “She then drew me into the garden.”
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 She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
(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 "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading We walked arm in arm into the garden.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
propose a payment
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We walked arm in arm into the garden.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
on one occasion
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
plural of “orange” — round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading She drank once more from the marble fountain, put a few oranges in her pocket, and plucked a spray from the pomegranate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She then drew me into the garden.
in or at that place or location
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading "Let me bid farewell to all my friends, to the pomegranate, the orange trees, the fountain.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading We walked arm in arm into the garden.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We walked arm in arm into the garden.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading To-morrow there will not be time for it."
Chapter 9 of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales by Paul Heyse holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 422 sentences of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Dead Lake, and Other Tales by Paul Heyse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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.
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