Chapter 7 of Dracula's Guest is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Dracula's Guest is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And the other?” “Oh, he’s worse still. But he must have been a very noble fellow. That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities. It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
Chapter 7 of Dracula's Guest is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading “That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.”
plural of “extremity” — an external body part that projects from the body
From this reading “That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.”
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading “That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “But he must have been a very noble fellow.”
marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading ““Oh, he’s worse still.”
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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 But he must have been a very noble fellow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And the other?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
plural of “extremity” — an external body part that projects from the body
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
a boy or man
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, he’s worse still.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
impressive in appearance
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, he’s worse still.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “And the other?”
capable of happening or existing
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
not in physical motion
From this reading “Oh, he’s worse still.
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And the other?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It makes the idea of the _Stigmata_ possible to look at him.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
precisely as stated
From this reading But he must have been a very noble fellow.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That struggle under the water must have been fearful; one can see that by the way the blood has been drawn from the extremities.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “Oh, he’s worse still.
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