Chapter 9 of The Song of the Blood-Red Flower is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Song of the Blood-Red Flower is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh!" Olof could not repress an exclamation. "Aha...!" The girl laughed mischievously. Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
Chapter 9 of The Song of the Blood-Red Flower is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with boldness, in a bold manner
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “Olof could not repress an exclamation.”
in a graceful manner
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
held up in the air
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
put down by force or intimidation
From this reading “Olof could not repress an exclamation.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Aha...!"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
with boldness, in a bold manner
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
like a coquette
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
a young female
From this reading The girl laughed mischievously.
in a graceful manner
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The girl laughed mischievously.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
held up in the air
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
in a disobedient or naughty way
From this reading The girl laughed mischievously.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
put down by force or intimidation
From this reading Olof could not repress an exclamation.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl laughed mischievously.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
in the direction of
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Watching his face with a coquettish smile, she lifted one foot gracefully on to the sofa, and leaned towards him, her eyes boldly questioning.
Chapter 9 of The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The Song of the Blood-Red Flower, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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