Chapter 2 of A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Persis._ Your wife? Rosa Bean? I’ll scratch her eyes out! _Charles_ (_pushing her into room_). No, no; you’ll spoil all.
Chapter 2 of A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Rosa Bean?”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
the act of applying force in order to move something away
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
From this reading “Rosa Bean?”
cause friction
From this reading “I’ll scratch her eyes out!”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading “No, no; you’ll spoil all.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “_Persis._ Your wife?”
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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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading No, no; you’ll spoil all.
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Rosa Bean?
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading _Charles_ (_pushing her into room_).
opinion or judgment
From this reading I’ll scratch her eyes out!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I’ll scratch her eyes out!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll scratch her eyes out!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Charles_ (_pushing her into room_).
not any; not one
From this reading No, no; you’ll spoil all.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I’ll scratch her eyes out!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Persis._ Your wife?
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading _Charles_ (_pushing her into room_).
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading _Charles_ (_pushing her into room_).
large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
From this reading Rosa Bean?
cause friction
From this reading I’ll scratch her eyes out!
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading No, no; you’ll spoil all.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading _Persis._ Your wife?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, no; you’ll spoil all.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Persis._ Your wife?
Chapter 2 of A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce by George M. (George Melville) Baker holds 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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 2 holds 521 sentences of A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
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