Chapter 13 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Indeed. This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.” “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.” “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this. Pray let me have the details.”
Chapter 13 of The Red-Headed League is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading ““They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.”
true confidential information
From this reading “Pray let me have the details.””
suitable to or characteristic of drama
From this reading “This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.””
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading ““They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.””
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading ““They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading ““They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.”
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading ““They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
any thing at all
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
true confidential information
From this reading Pray let me have the details.”
suitable to or characteristic of drama
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Pray let me have the details.”
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Indeed.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Pray let me have the details.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
many times at short intervals
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Pray let me have the details.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”
Chapter 13 of The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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