Chapter 9 of The Purple Pennant is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Purple Pennant is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge. “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper. “See anything?” “N-no, nothing much. There’s a table――what’s that?”
Chapter 9 of The Purple Pennant is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
tamper, with the purpose of deception
From this reading “THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.”
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading “THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.”
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading ““All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.”
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading ““All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading ““All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.”
(of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
From this reading “THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.”
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 ““All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.”
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 “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
(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 “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
any thing at all
From this reading “See anything?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
tamper, with the purpose of deception
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “N-no, nothing much.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “N-no, nothing much.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “N-no, nothing much.
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See anything?”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading There’s a table――what’s that?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There’s a table――what’s that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s a table――what’s that?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s a table――what’s that?”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “All right, but hurry up,” returned Perry in a hoarse whisper.
(of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
From this reading THE NEW SIGN “Quit wobbling!” hissed Fudge.
Chapter 9 of The Purple Pennant by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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 169 sentences of The Purple Pennant, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Purple Pennant by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 34 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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