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The Great Green Diamond
The Great Green Diamond

Chapter XXV

Chapter 25 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 25 of The Great Green Diamond by Inspector Stark holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 25 of The Great Green Diamond contain?

Chapter 25 holds 199 sentences of The Great Green Diamond, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 25 of The Great Green Diamond by Inspector Stark exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 25 of The Great Green Diamond?

Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 40 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.

Can chapter 25 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 25 can be played aloud in United States English.

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?

Yes. All 5185 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65608 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Great Green Diamond is used?

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.

How to read The Great Green Diamond section by section

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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
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Green Diamond; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Famous
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Green Diamond; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Excellent
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Green Diamond; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stories
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Green Diamond; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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ZULIMA BREAKS DOWN.
Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.
“I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”
“I am not a savage.”
“You are worse.”
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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 XXV

Chapter 25 of The Great Green Diamond is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ZULIMA BREAKS DOWN.
Line 2
Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.
Line 3
“I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”
Line 4
“I am not a savage.”
Line 5
“You are worse.”

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.

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ““I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.””

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.”

All words in this reading · 40

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 “I am not a savage.”

Abyssinian

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading “I am not a savage.”

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “You are worse.”

beautiful

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

BREAKS

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

From this reading ZULIMA BREAKS DOWN.

Burt

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

Cromwell

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

disgust

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

DOWN

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

From this reading ZULIMA BREAKS DOWN.

grateful

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

heard

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

Henry

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

intending

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

looked

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

murder

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “I am not a savage.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

proverbially

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

said

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

savage

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

From this reading “I am not a savage.”

savages

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

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

spoke

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

Stolburst

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

uncle

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

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “I have heard,” he said, “that savages were proverbially grateful.”

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Burt Cromwell looked upon the beautiful Abyssinian in disgust when she spoke of her uncle intending to murder Henry Stolburst.

worse

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

From this reading “You are worse.”

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “You are worse.”

ZULIMA

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

From this reading ZULIMA BREAKS DOWN.