Chapter 11 of Green Eyes is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Green Eyes is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained. And how it did rain! The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds. The trees wept. Petite Jeanne was quite content.
Chapter 11 of Green Eyes is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “Petite Jeanne was quite content.”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.”
very small
From this reading “Petite Jeanne was quite content.”
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading “A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.”
covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
From this reading “The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.”
the froth produced by soaps or detergents
From this reading “The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.”
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading “The trees wept.”
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.
In this reading “A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.”
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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 A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how it did rain!
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Petite Jeanne was quite content.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And how it did rain!
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And how it did rain!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Petite Jeanne was quite content.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
very small
From this reading Petite Jeanne was quite content.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Petite Jeanne was quite content.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading And how it did rain!
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading A SECRET BEGUN Next day it rained.
covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
the froth produced by soaps or detergents
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The trees wept.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lake was a gray mass of spattered suds.
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading The trees wept.
Chapter 11 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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 11 holds 117 sentences of Green Eyes, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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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About 335 minutes of reading across 805 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Green Eyes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
