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Chapter 19 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BURT’S NEW ALLY. “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?” Burt addressed his prisoner. “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here. I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
Chapter 19 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 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, audio, and collocations from this reading.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading ““Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.””
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.””
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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 I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading Burt addressed his prisoner.
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading BURT’S NEW ALLY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
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From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
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From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
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From this reading Burt addressed his prisoner.
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From this reading BURT’S NEW ALLY.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Burt addressed his prisoner.
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading BURT’S NEW ALLY.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
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From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burt addressed his prisoner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
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From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
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From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
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From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wanted to pack up some of my things that are here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I happened to stretch myself on a lounge up-stairs, and fell asleep, or I would have left here hours ago.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why did you remain behind Bull Blair?”
