Chapter 19 of The green bay tree is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The green bay tree is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But Lily said nothing. She was looking out of the tall window into the white square. “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.” He laughed. “Who would have thought it?
Chapter 19 of The green bay tree is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading ““And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.””
without stop or interruption
From this reading ““And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.””
widely known and esteemed
From this reading ““And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.””
the head of a state government
From this reading ““And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.””
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “He laughed.”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “But Lily said nothing.”
make square
From this reading “She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.”
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In this reading ““And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Lily said nothing.
without stop or interruption
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
the head of a state government
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Who would have thought it?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He laughed.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And Ellen,” the Governor continued, “I hear she has become famous.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Who would have thought it?
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading He laughed.
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading But Lily said nothing.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But Lily said nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading But Lily said nothing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
make square
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Who would have thought it?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
a Caucasian
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
which person or people
From this reading “Who would have thought it?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She was looking out of the tall window into the white square.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Who would have thought it?
Chapter 19 of The green bay tree by Louis Bromfield holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 19 holds 405 sentences of The green bay tree, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The green bay tree by Louis Bromfield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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