Chapter 5 of The Green Bough is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Green Bough is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone. Life was all new to you. It was not new to me. I should have had the courage of my experience. If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
Chapter 5 of The Green Bough is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading “"I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.”
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “I should have had the courage of my experience.”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading “I should have had the courage of my experience.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.”
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
From this reading “If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.”
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.
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.
(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 Life was all new to you.
Having no one else present.
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
any thing at all
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
divisible by two
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not new to me.
immediately past
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life was all new to you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was not new to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Life was all new to you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not new to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I should have had the courage of my experience.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Life was all new to you.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "I blame myself utterly and I blame myself alone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life was all new to you.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading If my character had been worth anything at all, I ought to have had the will of restraint even to the last.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Life was all new to you.
Chapter 5 of The Green Bough by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 5 holds 433 sentences of The Green Bough, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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