Chapter 2 of The Green Millennium is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Green Millennium is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully. She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt. "Let's hear some more about that cat, son. What color was it?" "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
Chapter 2 of The Green Millennium is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading “Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “"Let's hear some more about that cat, son.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “What color was it?"”
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.”
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading “"Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.”
(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera
From this reading “Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.”
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 “"Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.”
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 She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading What color was it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
divisible by two
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
the act of departing
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What color was it?"
(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
express in words
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
a male human offspring
From this reading "Let's hear some more about that cat, son.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading Juno rubbed her battered nose thoughtfully.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What color was it?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading She turned on Phil a face that was friendly but heavy with doubt.
an affirmative
From this reading "Green," Phil heard himself say, and even as he saw the looks of incredulity appear on the faces around him, he couldn't keep himself from going on: "Yes, bright green.
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