Chapter 7 of The green bay tree is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The green bay tree is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You amaze me, Irene. Your hardness is beyond belief. If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.” The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat. “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
Chapter 7 of The green bay tree is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 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.
affect with wonder
From this reading ““You amaze me, Irene.”
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading “The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.”
any cognitive content held as true
From this reading “Your hardness is beyond belief.”
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading ““It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.”
possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
From this reading “Your hardness is beyond belief.”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.””
past form of “tighten” — make tight or tighter
From this reading “The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.”
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 “Your hardness is beyond belief.”
temporarily
In this reading “If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.””
In this reading “The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.”
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 If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
affect with wonder
From this reading “You amaze me, Irene.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
any cognitive content held as true
From this reading Your hardness is beyond belief.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Your hardness is beyond belief.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
willing to give and share unstintingly
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
From this reading Your hardness is beyond belief.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You amaze me, Irene.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your hardness is beyond belief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You amaze me, Irene.
a particular point in time
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It’s always Lily,” she said bitterly.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading If you could be soft for a moment, gentle and generous ... like Lily.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
past form of “tighten” — make tight or tighter
From this reading The daughter’s hands tightened about the battered old hat.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You amaze me, Irene.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your hardness is beyond belief.
Chapter 7 of The green bay tree by Louis Bromfield 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 7 holds 413 sentences of The green bay tree, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The green bay tree by Louis Bromfield 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.
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