Chapter 9 of The Garden of Eden is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Garden of Eden is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Then, remember that I have warned you. God, who made man and woman, made fire also." "And is not fire a blessing?" He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words. "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
Chapter 9 of The Garden of Eden is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading “"You shall go with me, Benjamin."”
the formal act of approving
From this reading “"And is not fire a blessing?"”
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
From this reading “He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “God, who made man and woman, made fire also."”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “"Then, remember that I have warned you.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.”
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading “"Then, remember that I have warned you.”
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 “He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.”
be present or associated with an event or entity
In this reading “"You shall go with me, Benjamin."”
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 "And is not fire a blessing?"
in addition
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
the formal act of approving
From this reading "And is not fire a blessing?"
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
start firing a weapon
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And is not fire a blessing?"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And is not fire a blessing?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
which person or people
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You shall go with me, Benjamin."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading God, who made man and woman, made fire also."
the words that are spoken
From this reading He smiled at his triumph and this contest of words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then, remember that I have warned you.
Chapter 9 of The Garden of Eden by Max Brand holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of The Garden of Eden, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Garden of Eden by Max Brand exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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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