Chapter 28 of Dangerous Days is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Dangerous Days is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Audrey had found something to do at last. It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea. “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said. “It's your voice, you know. There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
Chapter 28 of Dangerous Days is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.”
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading ““You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Audrey had found something to do at last.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading ““It's your voice, you know.”
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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 “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
set up or found
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
cause to move by striking
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's your voice, you know.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “It's your voice, you know.
immediately past
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
engage in
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Audrey had found something to do at last.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “It's your voice, you know.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading There's something about it--well, you know the effect it always has on me.
which person or people
From this reading It was Captain Sloane who had given her the idea.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You would make a great hit, Audrey,” he had said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “It's your voice, you know.
Chapter 28 of Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 468 sentences, grouped into 94 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.
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