Chapter 6 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny. "I wouldn't have done it to you." "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny." "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_. How would you like that?"
Chapter 6 of Behind the Green Door is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 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.
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading “"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “"You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."”
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading “"I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.”
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “"I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.”
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading “"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.”
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.
an unkind or aggressive trick
In this reading “"That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.”
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 "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."
dearly loved
From this reading "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How would you like that?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading How would you like that?"
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
participate in games or sport
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
express in words
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "You couldn't have thought that fast, my dear Penny."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That was a dirty trick to play!" retorted Penny.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How would you like that?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I wouldn't have done it to you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I might tell Mr. Maxwell you're a reporter for the _Riverview Record_.
Chapter 6 of Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 420 sentences of Behind the Green Door, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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