Chapter 2 of Four Max Carrados Detective Stories is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Four Max Carrados Detective Stories is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Exactly, Max. Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth. I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble. You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?" "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
Chapter 2 of Four Max Carrados Detective Stories is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
From this reading “I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.”
serving as an essential component
From this reading “You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"”
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
From this reading “I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.”
possessive form of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “"Exactly, Max.”
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
From this reading “Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.”
hit hard
From this reading “You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"”
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
From this reading “You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"”
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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 You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
in the past
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
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From this reading "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
serving as an essential component
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
travel across or pass over
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Exactly, Max.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
only a very short time before
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
possessive form of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading "Exactly, Max.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
and nothing more
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
To recall to mind.
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
hit hard
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
express in words
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
precisely as stated
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading You remember the awful smash on the Central and Suburban at Knight's Cross Station a few weeks ago?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," replied Carrados, with interest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I need hardly tell you that it is only the insoluble that is finally baffling and this is very probably insoluble.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your would-be jest has discovered the proverbial truth.
Chapter 2 of Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah holds 414 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 2 holds 414 sentences of Four Max Carrados Detective Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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