Chapter 9 of The Green Bough is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Green Bough is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"To see you." "After all these years?" "Twelve of them." He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face. "You look very little older, Mary.
Chapter 9 of The Green Bough is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading “He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “"You look very little older, Mary.”
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “"You look very little older, Mary.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “"Twelve of them."”
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading “He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.”
a late time of life
From this reading “"After all these years?"”
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 “"You look very little older, Mary.”
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 He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
later than; following
From this reading "After all these years?"
(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 "After all these years?"
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "You look very little older, Mary.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "You look very little older, Mary.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Twelve of them."
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading "You look very little older, Mary.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "To see you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Twelve of them."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "After all these years?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To see you."
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading "Twelve of them."
precisely as stated
From this reading "You look very little older, Mary.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading He sat down on the grass a little apart from her, watching her face.
a late time of life
From this reading "After all these years?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "To see you."
Chapter 9 of The Green Bough by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston holds 434 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 9 holds 434 sentences of The Green Bough, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Green Bough by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 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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About 394 minutes of reading across 947 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Green Bough section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Green Bough, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
