Chapter 7 of Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 7 of Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'I wired you last night from Harwich.' "'The deuce you have! And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels! A nice muddle you have made of it. All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
Chapter 7 of Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading “And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!”
plural of “burglar” — a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
From this reading “All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.”
-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!”
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading “"'The deuce you have!”
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
From this reading “All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.”
a confused multitude of things
From this reading “A nice muddle you have made of it.”
continued in your keeping or use or memory
From this reading “All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.”
equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
From this reading “"'I wired you last night from Harwich.'”
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In this reading “"'I wired you last night from Harwich.'”
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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 A nice muddle you have made of it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
plural of “burglar” — a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading "'The deuce you have!
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
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From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "'The deuce you have!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A nice muddle you have made of it.
immediately past
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A nice muddle you have made of it.
a confused multitude of things
From this reading A nice muddle you have made of it.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading A nice muddle you have made of it.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A nice muddle you have made of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
continued in your keeping or use or memory
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'The deuce you have!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading And I have been chasing you through Ostend and Brussels!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the locksmiths and burglars in London have been retained to effect an entrance to the safe.
equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'I wired you last night from Harwich.'
Chapter 7 of Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired by Richard Marsh holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 7 holds 427 sentences of Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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