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The Great Green Diamond

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond by Inspector Stark holds 77 sentences, grouped into 16 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.

What does chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond contain?

Chapter 10 holds 77 sentences of The Great Green Diamond, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond by Inspector Stark exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 77 sentences, grouped into 16 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond?

Work through the 16 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 16 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Great Green Diamond?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #65608, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Great Green Diamond take to read?

About 432 minutes of reading across 1037 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Great Green Diamond

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Great Green Diamond, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Become
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Famous
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Excellent
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Stories
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ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.
On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.
The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.
“Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.
“He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Great Green Diamond

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.
Line 2
On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.
Line 3
The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.
Line 4
“Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.
Line 5
“He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

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, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading ““He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.”

All words in this reading · 48

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

Bude

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From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

Burt

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From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

capture

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From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

DETECTIVE

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From this reading ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

evening

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From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

explorer's

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From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

few

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From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

following

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

Henry

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

hotel

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From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

hours

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

inquired

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

Jacob

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From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

know

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

latter's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

left

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

master

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

morning

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

name

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

promising

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

replied

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

return

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

say

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

Stolburst

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From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

told

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

valet

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From this reading The explorer’s valet told him his master had left the hotel the evening before, promising to return in a few hours.

visited

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On the morning following the capture of Henry Stolburst, Burt visited the latter’s hotel.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

went

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “He did not say,” replied the valet, whose name was Jacob Bude.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Do you know where he went?” inquired the detective.

ZULIMA

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From this reading ZULIMA AND THE DETECTIVE.