Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH. <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning! A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue. A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading “A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.”
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading “A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “<VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!”
make very hot and dry
From this reading “A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.”
the first light of day
From this reading “A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.”
a slight but appreciable amount
From this reading “A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.”
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.”
characterized by abundance of verdure
From this reading “VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.”
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From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
the act of burning something
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.
make very hot and dry
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
the first light of day
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading A day to scorch grass into hay between sunrise and sunset.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
a slight but appreciable amount
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.
characterized by abundance of verdure
From this reading VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading <VG222.JPG> JULY: fierce and burning!
in the company of; together with
From this reading A day to tinge the green corn with a golden hue.
Chapter 26 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede holds 45 sentences, grouped into 9 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 26 holds 45 sentences of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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