Chapter 20 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN AJEEB’S CLUTCHES. “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright. “Oh, no.” Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp. “What do you mean?”
Chapter 20 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of grasping
From this reading “IN AJEEB’S CLUTCHES.”
prepare a hot meal
From this reading ““Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading ““Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.”
hold firmly
From this reading “Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.”
release, as from one's grip
From this reading ““Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.”
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading “Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.”
a shaky motion
From this reading ““Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.”
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 “Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.”
In this reading ““Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.”
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From this reading IN AJEEB’S CLUTCHES.
the act of grasping
From this reading IN AJEEB’S CLUTCHES.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you mean?”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
hold firmly
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN AJEEB’S CLUTCHES.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean?”
not any; not one
From this reading “Oh, no.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, no.”
and nothing more
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
release, as from one's grip
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Enoch drew his revolver, only to have it snatched from his grasp.
a shaky motion
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you mean?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Release me!” exclaimed Cook, trembling with fright.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you mean?”
Chapter 20 of The Great Green Diamond by Inspector Stark holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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.
Chapter 20 holds 219 sentences of The Great Green Diamond, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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