Chapter 14 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money. "What do you want?" "It," said the boy. It. To him the shop held but one article.
Chapter 14 of A Book of Ghosts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading “To him the shop held but one article.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “"It," said the boy.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
do one's shopping
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
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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In this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
In this reading “Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading To him the shop held but one article.
a youthful male person
From this reading "It," said the boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To him the shop held but one article.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you want?"
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To him the shop held but one article.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It," said the boy.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To him the shop held but one article.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It," said the boy.
do one's shopping
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To him the shop held but one article.
a shaky motion
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "What do you want?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you want?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he timidly entered the shop, and with trembling hand held out the money.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you want?"
Chapter 14 of A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 14 holds 394 sentences of A Book of Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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