Chapter 3 of Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.” “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector. “Only these two?” “That is all.” The inspector stooped and tried the lids.
Chapter 3 of Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading ““No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.””
a high ranking police officer
From this reading ““How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.”
conformity or harmony
From this reading ““No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.””
in the recent past
From this reading ““No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.””
plural of “lid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “The inspector stooped and tried the lids.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading “The inspector stooped and tried the lids.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading ““No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.””
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “The inspector stooped and tried the lids.”
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,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The inspector stooped and tried the lids.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That is all.”
conformity or harmony
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
in the recent past
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
plural of “lid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading The inspector stooped and tried the lids.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Only these two?”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading The inspector stooped and tried the lids.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That is all.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “How many boxes has he?” asked the inspector.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Only these two?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No,” Mrs. Beckle replied; “he has taken to keeping them all in his boxes lately.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading The inspector stooped and tried the lids.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Only these two?”
Chapter 3 of Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series by Arthur Morrison holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 3 holds 415 sentences of Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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