Chapter 9 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE. Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room. A tap came upon his door. "Entrez. Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
Chapter 9 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “A tap came upon his door.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.”
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
From this reading “Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.”
the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
From this reading “Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.”
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.”
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading “A tap came upon his door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
(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 Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A tap came upon his door.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A tap came upon his door.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Entrez.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
carry out
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading A tap came upon his door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STARS TAKE A NEW COURSE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A tap came upon his door.
during the time that
From this reading Monsieur Riel had been all this while pacing up and down his room.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah, it is you, mon adjudant!"
Chapter 9 of Annette, the Metis Spy by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins holds 507 sentences, grouped into 102 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 9 holds 507 sentences of Annette, the Metis Spy, unabridged, divided into 102 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Annette, the Metis Spy by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 507 sentences, grouped into 102 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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