Chapter 1 of Pink Gods and Blue Demons is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Pink Gods and Blue Demons is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley. ________________________________________________________________________ PINK GODS AND BLUE DEMONS, BY CYNTHIA STOCKLEY. CHAPTER ONE. Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world. Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
Chapter 1 of Pink Gods and Blue Demons is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
From this reading “Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.”
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading “Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.”
plural of “demon” — an evil supernatural being
From this reading “Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.”
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.”
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading “Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.”
plural of “friendship” — the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading “Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.”
city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
From this reading “Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.”
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
From this reading “Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.”
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In this reading “Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.”
In this reading “Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
plural of “demon” — an evil supernatural being
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
plural of “friendship” — the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
on one occasion
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a light shade of red
From this reading Pink Gods and Blue Demons, by Cynthia Stockley.
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Rhodes founded his fortunes there, and the friendships that backed him throughout his career.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world.
Chapter 1 of Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Cynthia Stockley holds 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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 1 holds 476 sentences of Pink Gods and Blue Demons, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Cynthia Stockley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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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