Chapter 11 of The Garden Party, and Other Stories is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Garden Party, and Other Stories is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.” She went on. “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you. I’ve never felt so happy with anyone. But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
Chapter 11 of The Garden Party, and Other Stories is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
any person at all
From this reading ““I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.””
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I’ve never felt so happy with anyone.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading ““I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.””
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
any person at all
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I’ve never felt so happy with anyone.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I’ve never felt so happy with anyone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She went on.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
express in words
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went on.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I’ve never felt so happy with anyone.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to smile, to say “I’m glad.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
at the time that
From this reading But I’m sure it’s not what people and what books mean when they talk about love.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I’ve never felt so happy with anyone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ve never known anyone I like as much as I like you.
Chapter 11 of The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
Chapter 11 holds 230 sentences of The Garden Party, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 46 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 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 394 minutes of reading across 947 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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