Chapter 1 of The Green Mummy is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Green Mummy is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I am very angry,” pouted the maid. “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor. “You have, so to speak, bought me.” “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.” “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
Chapter 1 of The Green Mummy is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a man who has never been married
From this reading ““In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.”
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading ““You have, so to speak, bought me.””
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading ““In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.”
a female domestic
From this reading ““I am very angry,” pouted the maid.”
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading ““I am very angry,” pouted the maid.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading ““Impossible: your price is prohibitive.””
tending to discourage (especially of prices)
From this reading ““Impossible: your price is prohibitive.””
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading ““In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.”
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 “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
a man who has never been married
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
ten 10s
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
a female domestic
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
tending to discourage (especially of prices)
From this reading “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
express in speech
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “I am very angry,” pouted the maid.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have, so to speak, bought me.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
Chapter 1 of The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume holds 257 sentences, grouped into 52 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 257 sentences of The Green Mummy, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
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