Chapter 27 of Green Eyes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of Green Eyes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start. She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was. “I am—” she muttered. “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes. Like a flash she knew.
Chapter 27 of Green Eyes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
quickly and without warning
From this reading “She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Like a flash she knew.”
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 “THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.”
producing no result or effect
From this reading “She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.”
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading ““This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading “She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.”
a slap with the flat of the hand
From this reading “THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.”
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 “She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.”
In this reading ““This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.”
In this reading ““This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.”
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 “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
quickly and without warning
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
anew
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am—” she muttered.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Like a flash she knew.
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 THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
producing no result or effect
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am—” she muttered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Like a flash she knew.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Like a flash she knew.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “I am—” she muttered.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
To recall to mind.
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
a slap with the flat of the hand
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is—” A dull red glow met her eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
in or at the place that
From this reading She sat up abruptly, rubbing her eyes in a futile attempt to remember where she was.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE “SPANK ME AGAIN” Florence awoke with a start.
Chapter 27 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 27 holds 109 sentences of Green Eyes, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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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