Chapter X of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, “Tigers of the Sea,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter X of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, “Tigers of the Sea,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock. She all but fell over. On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble. "It was just a shadow," she told herself. "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
Chapter X of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, “Tigers of the Sea,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.”
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
From this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
in motion
From this reading “"Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.”
possessive form of “ocean” — a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “"It was just a shadow," she told herself.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.”
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.
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In this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
In this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
In this reading “On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.”
In this reading “Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.”
In this reading “She all but fell over.”
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 Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
(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 She all but fell over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She all but fell over.
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading She all but fell over.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
and nothing more
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
in motion
From this reading "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
possessive form of “ocean” — a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
and nothing more
From this reading "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
above and across; more than
From this reading She all but fell over.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She all but fell over.
having a supporting base
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Only a shadow moving beyond that great rock.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doris, standing on the ocean's floor forty feet down, started back in sudden terror, and her foot struck a rock.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was just a shadow," she told herself.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On the beach she would have taken a terrible tumble.
Chapter 10 of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story 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 10 holds 158 sentences of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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