Chapter 22 of Green Eyes is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Green Eyes is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!” Florence cried. Her tone was that of despair. “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer. “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
Chapter 22 of Green Eyes is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!””
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading ““We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.”
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading “Her tone was that of despair.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Florence cried.”
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading “KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!””
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading ““Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.””
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
From this reading ““We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.”
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “Her tone was that of despair.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
react verbally
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Florence cried.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Florence cried.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then they’ll run us down, as they did Jeanne and me.”
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading KIDNAPPED “They are carrying us away!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her tone was that of despair.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must cut the tiller,” was Tillie’s answer.
Chapter 22 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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 22 holds 99 sentences of Green Eyes, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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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