Chapter 19 of Green Eyes is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Green Eyes is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality. A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all. Petite Jeanne did not care. She had been sent north to rest. There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
Chapter 19 of Green Eyes is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.”
a heavy rain
From this reading “A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.”
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
From this reading “A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.”
very small
From this reading “Petite Jeanne did not care.”
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.”
not informed through reading
From this reading “There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.”
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 “There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.”
In this reading “There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.”
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 THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
(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 A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Petite Jeanne did not care.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Petite Jeanne did not care.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
a heavy rain
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Petite Jeanne did not care.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Petite Jeanne did not care.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
above and across; more than
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
very small
From this reading Petite Jeanne did not care.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
make steady
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
not in physical motion
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had been sent north to rest.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading THE STOLEN TRUNK The three days’ rain became a reality.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading A steady downpour, that set the forest mourning in earnest and turned the lake into a blanket of gray, settled down over all.
not informed through reading
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard.
Chapter 19 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 19 holds 158 sentences of Green Eyes, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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