Chapter 1 of The Green Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Green Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR. BLACK DIAMONDS. A Novel. Translated by Frances A. Gerard. With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
Chapter 1 of The Green Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “BY THE SAME AUTHOR.”
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “BLACK DIAMONDS.”
plural of “diamond” — a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “BLACK DIAMONDS.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “Translated by Frances A. Gerard.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “A Novel.”
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading “With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “BY THE SAME AUTHOR.”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “Translated by Frances A. Gerard.”
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 “Translated by Frances A. Gerard.”
an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
In this reading “BLACK DIAMONDS.”
In this reading “BY THE SAME AUTHOR.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A Novel.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading BLACK DIAMONDS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
plural of “diamond” — a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading BLACK DIAMONDS.
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading Translated by Frances A. Gerard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Translated by Frances A. Gerard.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading A Novel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
From this reading With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
Identical; not different.
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading Translated by Frances A. Gerard.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author.
Chapter 1 of The Green Book by Mór Jókai holds 76 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.
Chapter 1 holds 76 sentences of The Green Book, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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