Chapter 5 of Green Doors is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Green Doors is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth. She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion. Not cold. It is all there. But frozen by asceticism.”
Chapter 5 of Green Doors is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a clever manner
From this reading “She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.”
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.”
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading “She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.”
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In this reading “Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.”
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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 She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
(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 It is all there.
the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
From this reading But frozen by asceticism.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But frozen by asceticism.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But frozen by asceticism.”
in a clever manner
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is all there.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is all there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not cold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It is all there.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her eyes fell from Lewis’ cold eyes to his mouth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She thought cleverly (she was far from stupid): “It’s a face of frozen passion.
Chapter 5 of Green Doors by Ethel Cook Eliot holds 417 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 5 holds 417 sentences of Green Doors, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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