Chapter 12 of 813 is here in full — 1000 sentences across 200 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of 813 is here in full — 1000 sentences across 200 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?" Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read: "André Beauny.
Chapter 12 of 813 is here in full — 1000 sentences across 200 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading “Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:”
a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
From this reading “Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:”
a man of refinement
From this reading “THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:”
plural of “scoundrel” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:”
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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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
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From this reading "André Beauny.
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From this reading "André Beauny.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
a man of refinement
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
a woman of refinement
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
plural of “scoundrel” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Dolores Kesselbach took the card from the footman and read:
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE SEVEN SCOUNDRELS "Will you see this gentleman, ma'am?"
Chapter 12 of 813 by Maurice Leblanc holds 1000 sentences, grouped into 200 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 12 holds 1000 sentences of 813, unabridged, divided into 200 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of 813 by Maurice Leblanc exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1000 sentences, grouped into 200 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.
Work through the 200 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in 813, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
