Chapter 11 of Silver Blaze is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Silver Blaze is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Where, then?” “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.” I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch. “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
Chapter 11 of Silver Blaze is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading ““Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.””
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading ““Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.””
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
one of four equal parts
From this reading “He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.”
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
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.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
being one more than seven
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
the force of workers available
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
one of four equal parts
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Where, then?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
look attentively
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
(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 “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where, then?”
Chapter 11 of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 11 holds 427 sentences of Silver Blaze, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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