Chapter 7 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRAPPED. Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him. He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself. Now he found himself with but one friend in New York. The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
Chapter 7 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.”
plural of “danger” — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading “Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.”
made afraid
From this reading “Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.”
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading “The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.”
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.”
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading “TRAPPED.”
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 “The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.”
In this reading “Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
plural of “danger” — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
set up or found
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
made afraid
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
a young female
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading TRAPPED.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Now he found himself with but one friend in New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
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