Chapter 9 of Woodcliff is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Woodcliff is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME AGAIN. And so they drove off. Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures. It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage. Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
Chapter 9 of Woodcliff is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading “Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.”
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.”
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading “It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.”
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading “Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.”
plural of “pursuit” — the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
From this reading “Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.”
possessive form of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.”
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.
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reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.”
In this reading “It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.”
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 It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
anew
From this reading HOME AGAIN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so they drove off.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
a small house with a single story
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading And so they drove off.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
brought together in one place
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AGAIN.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And so they drove off.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
plural of “pursuit” — the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so they drove off.
carry out
From this reading Madeline, anxious to take the promised picture, invited her cousins to accompany her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And so they drove off.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
possessive form of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading It was a happy little group that gathered that evening at the widow's cottage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived at Woodcliff, Maddy returned to her old pursuits and pleasures.
Chapter 9 of Woodcliff by Harriet B. (Harriet Burn) McKeever holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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 106 sentences of Woodcliff, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Woodcliff by Harriet B. (Harriet Burn) McKeever exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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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