Chapter 19 of Armadale is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Armadale is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile. “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done. She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion. I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.” Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
Chapter 19 of Armadale is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.”
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading “Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.”
expressive of contempt
From this reading “The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.””
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 She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading Mrs. Milroy drew a deep breath of relief.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
cut with a saw
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
expressive of contempt
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading She hasn’t the ghost of a suspicion.
carry out
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I waited in the room; and I saw her take up the letter and open it.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading The nurse turned away with her hard, sneering smile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I told you it should be done,” she said, “and it _has_ been done.
Chapter 19 of Armadale by Wilkie Collins holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 19 holds 427 sentences of Armadale, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Armadale by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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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