Chapter 8 of Famous Modern Ghost Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Famous Modern Ghost Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"When poor old Adrian's dead." "Where shall I see you?" "Where shall you not?" Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it. "What is the time?"
Chapter 8 of Famous Modern Ghost Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “"When poor old Adrian's dead."”
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading “Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “"When poor old Adrian's dead."”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"Where shall I see you?"”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.”
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From this reading "When poor old Adrian's dead."
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From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "When poor old Adrian's dead."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Where shall I see you?"
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is the time?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Where shall you not?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "When poor old Adrian's dead."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "When poor old Adrian's dead."
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Where shall I see you?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Where shall I see you?"
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What is the time?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "What is the time?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is the time?"
at the time that
From this reading "When poor old Adrian's dead."
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where shall I see you?"
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Instead of speaking his next question, Borlsover wrote it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where shall I see you?"
Chapter 8 of Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Dorothy [Compiler] Scarborough holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 411 sentences of Famous Modern Ghost Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Dorothy [Compiler] Scarborough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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