Chapter 27 of The Phantom Violin is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Phantom Violin is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!” Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore. “Come on! A copper-bound barrel! A barrel of gold!”
Chapter 27 of The Phantom Violin is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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towards the shore from the water
From this reading “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
From this reading “GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!””
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!””
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading “GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!””
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
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 “Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading ““Come on!”
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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 GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
From this reading GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A copper-bound barrel!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
coins made of gold
From this reading GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
From this reading GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GREEN-EYED MANSION “A Barrel of gold!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Florence cried as the music ceased and she sprang ashore.
Chapter 27 of The Phantom Violin by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 27 holds 94 sentences of The Phantom Violin, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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