Chapter 13 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where is the place?" "Here on my right gill." Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp. There was no wound of any sort there. I told him so.
Chapter 13 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading “"Here on my right gill."”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “There was no wound of any sort there.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “I told him so.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “There was no wound of any sort there.”
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 “There was no wound of any sort there.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading "Here on my right gill."
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here on my right gill."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told him so.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Where is the place?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Here on my right gill."
not any; not one
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Here on my right gill."
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Where is the place?"
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Here on my right gill."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I told him so.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Where is the place?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told him so.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Jameson turned his head to the left, and I raised the lamp.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is the place?"
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading There was no wound of any sort there.
Chapter 13 of A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 13 holds 400 sentences of A Book of Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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