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A Son of the Sun
A Son of the Sun

Chapter XI

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An air of relief went through the room.
Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.
Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.
Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.
“That's right,” he encouraged.
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A Son of the Sun

Chapter XI

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
An air of relief went through the room.
Line 2
Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.
Line 3
Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.
Line 4
Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.
Line 5
“That's right,” he encouraged.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.”

Relief noun US /rɪˈliːf/

a feeling of comfort after worry or pain

From this reading “An air of relief went through the room.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““That's right,” he encouraged.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “An air of relief went through the room.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “An air of relief went through the room.”

All words in this reading · 33

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air

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From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

back

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

became

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From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

buyers

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

cackle

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From this reading Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.

continue

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

Conversations

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From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

encouraged

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From this reading “That's right,” he encouraged.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

examination

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “That's right,” he encouraged.

higher

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From this reading Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.

louder

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From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

Parlay's

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From this reading Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.

pearls

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/

a feeling of comfort after worry or pain

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That's right,” he encouraged.

room

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From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

rose

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From this reading Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.

Several

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

shrill

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From this reading Parlay's shrill cackle rose higher.

started

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From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

table

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From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

That's

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From this reading “That's right,” he encouraged.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Several of the buyers even went back to the table to continue the examination of the pearls.

voices

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From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading An air of relief went through the room.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Conversations were started, and the voices became louder.