Chapter 10 of Blackthorn Farm is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of Blackthorn Farm is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN SUSPENSE. It was Saturday. A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court. It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part. He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
Chapter 10 of Blackthorn Farm is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take into custody
From this reading “A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.”
a clergyman ministering to some institution
From this reading “He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.”
lacking in energy or will
From this reading “It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “It was Saturday.”
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading “IN SUSPENSE.”
not disposed or inclined toward
From this reading “It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.”
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading “It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.”
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading “A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.”
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a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses
In this reading “A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.”
In this reading “It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.”
In this reading “A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.”
In this reading “IN SUSPENSE.”
In this reading “He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
(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 It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
take into custody
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
a clergyman ministering to some institution
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN SUSPENSE.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Saturday.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
not any; not one
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
lacking in energy or will
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
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From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading It was Saturday.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading IN SUSPENSE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had seen no one but the prison chaplain since that dreadful day at the Westminster Police Court.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
not disposed or inclined toward
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Saturday.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading A week had passed since Rupert’s arrest, since he had left the little rooms at Westminster and been driven to the police court.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It all seemed to him like a vivid dream, in which he played a passive but unwilling part.
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