Chapter 6 of File No. 113 is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of File No. 113 is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.” The Seine was at his feet. A thought of suicide crossed his mind. “No,” he said, “no! I have not even the right to kill myself.
Chapter 6 of File No. 113 is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.””
placed crosswise
From this reading “A thought of suicide crossed his mind.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “I have not even the right to kill myself.”
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading “Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.””
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading “The Seine was at his feet.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.””
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.””
the act of killing yourself
From this reading “A thought of suicide crossed his mind.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
placed crosswise
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
divisible by two
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The Seine was at his feet.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Seine was at his feet.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” he said, “no!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
in a compassionate manner
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading I have not even the right to kill myself.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading The Seine was at his feet.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
the act of killing yourself
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Seine was at his feet.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A thought of suicide crossed his mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Seine was at his feet.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
which person or people
From this reading Two strangers, who were passing, stopped to look at him, and said, pityingly, “He is crazy.”
Chapter 6 of File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 6 holds 412 sentences of File No. 113, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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