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Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story

Chapter XIII · An Important Discovery

Chapter XIII of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, “An Important Discovery,” is here in full — 65 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell • Curated US English Learning Edition
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That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.
"_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?
And who was to receive the blow?
His shipmates on the _Sea Nymph_?
Old Kennedy and his daughter?
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Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story

Chapter XIII · An Important Discovery

Chapter XIII of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, “An Important Discovery,” is here in full — 65 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.
/ðæt naɪt æz hiː træmpt ðə dek ɑːn hɪz ˈsaɪlənt wɑːtʃ ˈdʒɑːni faʊnd hɪz maɪnd ˈkraʊdəd wɪð dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ θɔːts ʌv ðə səɡˈnɪfɪkənt ˈmesədʒ ðə ɡriːn ˈæroʊ hæd flæʃt ˈoʊvər ðə siː/
Line 2
"_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?
/wiː wɪl straɪk hɪz maɪnd went ˈoʊvər ðə wɜːrdz əˈɡen ənd əˈɡen æt ðə ˈɜːrliəst ˈpɑːsəbəl ˈmoʊmənt wer wʊd ðeɪ straɪk/
Line 3
And who was to receive the blow?
/ənd huː wɑːz tuː rəˈsiːv ðə bloʊ/
Line 4
His shipmates on the _Sea Nymph_?
/hɪz ˈʃɪpmeɪts ɑːn ðə siː nɪmf/
Line 5
Old Kennedy and his daughter?
/oʊld ˈkenədi ənd hɪz ˈdɔːtər/

Learner Dictionary

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.

arrow noun US /ˈæroʊ/

a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
disturbing adjective US /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/

causing distress or worry or anxiety

From this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
earliest adjective US /ˈɜːrliəst/

(comparative and superlative of “early”) more early than; most early

From this reading “"_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Kennedy noun US /ˈkenədi/

35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

From this reading “Old Kennedy and his daughter?”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Nymph noun US /nɪmf/

(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shipmates noun US /ˈʃɪpmeɪts/

plural of “shipmate” — an associate on the same ship with you

From this reading “His shipmates on the _Sea Nymph_?”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
significant adjective US /səɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

important in effect or meaning

From this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
tramped verb US /træmpt/

past form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

From this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

disturbing thoughts adjective + noun counted as “disturbing thought”

In this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

188 times in 426,211 chapters
over the sea preposition + article + noun counted as “over … sea”

In this reading “That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.”

4,081 times in 426,211 chapters
went over verb + particle counted as “go over”

hold a review (of troops)

In this reading “"_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?”

25,526 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 51

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
arrownounUS /ˈæroʊ/

a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
blowverbUS /bloʊ/

exhale hard

From this reading And who was to receive the blow?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
crowdedadjectiveUS /ˈkraʊdəd/

overfilled or compacted or concentrated

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daughternounUS /ˈdɔːtər/

a female human offspring

From this reading Old Kennedy and his daughter?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
decknounUS /dek/

any of various platforms built into a vessel

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
disturbingadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/

causing distress or worry or anxiety

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
earliestadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrliəst/

(comparative and superlative of “early”) more early than; most early

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
flashedverbUS /flæʃt/

past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
greennounUS /ɡriːn/

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
JohnnynounUS /ˈdʒɑːni/

“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
KennedynounUS /ˈkenədi/

35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

From this reading Old Kennedy and his daughter?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
messagenounUS /ˈmesədʒ/

a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora curated lexicon
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/

a particular point in time

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
NymphnounUS /nɪmf/

(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

From this reading His shipmates on the _Sea Nymph_?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
OldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Old Kennedy and his daughter?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
possibleadjectiveUS /ˈpɑːsəbəl/

capable of happening or existing

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
receiveverbUS /rəˈsiːv/

get something; come into possession of

From this reading And who was to receive the blow?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
seanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shipmatesnounUS /ˈʃɪpmeɪts/

plural of “shipmate” — an associate on the same ship with you

From this reading His shipmates on the _Sea Nymph_?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
significantadjectiveUS /səɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

important in effect or meaning

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
silentadjectiveUS /ˈsaɪlənt/

marked by absence of sound

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strikeverbUS /straɪk/

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading And who was to receive the blow?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
trampedverbUS /træmpt/

past form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And who was to receive the blow?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
watchverbUS /wɑːtʃ/

look attentively

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading And who was to receive the blow?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading That night as he tramped the deck on his silent watch, Johnny found his mind crowded with disturbing thoughts of the significant message the green arrow had flashed over the sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading "_We will strike_--" his mind went over the words again and again, "_at the earliest possible moment!_" Where would they strike?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 13 of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 65 sentences, grouped into 13 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.

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Chapter 13 holds 65 sentences of Sign of the Green Arrow: A Mystery Story, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

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