Chapter 6 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“BALLARAT.” “Quite so. That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables. He was trying to utter the name of his murderer. So and so, of Ballarat.”
Chapter 6 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.”
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.”
plural of “syllable” — a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
From this reading “That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.”
hard to endure
From this reading “He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.”
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading “He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.”
communicated in words
From this reading “That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “BALLARAT.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
immediately past
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
and nothing more
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “Quite so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Quite so.
a male human offspring
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
plural of “syllable” — a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
hard to endure
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.
communicated in words
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught the last two syllables.
Chapter 6 of The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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