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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Shuttle is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Hodgson Burnett • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

But this was different from--from anything.

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Chapter IX

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Shuttle is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

“I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.” As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character. She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance. What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true. But this was different from--from anything.

The Shuttle

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Shuttle is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

Line 2

As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

Line 3

She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

Line 4

What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

Line 5

But this was different from--from anything.

Learner Dictionary

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.

FORGOTTEN adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading ““I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.””

All words in this reading · 72

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a

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

adventure

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

after

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

ALL

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From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

altered

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

among

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

and

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

anything

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

anywhere

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

As

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

at

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

be

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

become

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

began

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

Bettina

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

bracken

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

but

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

character

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

detail

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

different

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From this reading But this was different from--from anything.

end

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

exploit

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

faced

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

felt

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

FORGOTTENadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

from

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From this reading But this was different from--from anything.

HAD

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From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

half

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

her

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

hour

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

house

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

I

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From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

in

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

intense

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

is

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

it

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

its

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

known

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

likely

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

midst

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

might

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

more

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

not

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

of

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

once

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

or

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

prosaic

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

prove

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

remarkable

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

return

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

sense

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

She

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

significance

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

singular

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

sort

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

spent

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

still

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

that

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

the

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

their

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

they

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

this

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From this reading But this was different from--from anything.

THOUGHT

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From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

to

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

trees

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

true

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

under

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From this reading As, after a singular half hour spent among the bracken under the trees, they began their return to the house, Bettina felt that her sense of adventure had altered its character.

was

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

What

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

when

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From this reading What its significance might prove likely to be when she faced it, she had not known, it is true.

which

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From this reading She was still in the midst of a remarkable sort of exploit, which might end anywhere or in anything, but it had become at once more prosaic in detail and more intense in its significance.

YOU

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From this reading “I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL FORGOTTEN.”

Chapter 9 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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Chapter 9 holds 128 sentences of The Shuttle, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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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Vocabulary met early in The Shuttle

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Shuttle: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Shuttle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Began: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Shuttle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Heavy: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Shuttle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Weaving: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Shuttle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.