Chapter 4 of The Green Goddess is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Green Goddess is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee. She liked her life there fairly well. She loved her home there. She loved Antony. She liked some of his friends.
Chapter 4 of The Green Goddess is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “She loved Antony.”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “She liked her life there fairly well.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “She liked some of his friends.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “She loved her home there.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “She liked her life there fairly well.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “She liked her life there fairly well.”
held dear
From this reading “She loved her home there.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “She liked her life there fairly well.”
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.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading She loved Antony.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading She liked some of his friends.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She liked some of his friends.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading She loved her home there.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
held dear
From this reading She loved her home there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She liked some of his friends.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She liked some of his friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucilla Crespin did not like Sumnee.
in or at that place or location
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She liked her life there fairly well.
Chapter 4 of The Green Goddess by Louise Jordan Miln holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 4 holds 48 sentences of The Green Goddess, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Green Goddess by Louise Jordan Miln exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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.
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