Chapter 8 of In the Dead of Night is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of In the Dead of Night is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire. Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?” “There promises to be plenty.” “All right,” exultantly. “I’m with you.”
Chapter 8 of In the Dead of Night is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?””
in an exultant manner
From this reading ““All right,” exultantly.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?””
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading ““There promises to be plenty.””
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading “There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.”
English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading “Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?””
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.”
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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 There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
(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 right,” exultantly.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There promises to be plenty.”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
in an exultant manner
From this reading “All right,” exultantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m with you.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
a full supply
From this reading “There promises to be plenty.”
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading “There promises to be plenty.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right,” exultantly.
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “There promises to be plenty.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Webster demanded, excitedly: “What’s doing, Ken?”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading There was a snort of astonishment at the Waldorf end of the wire.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I’m with you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’m with you.”
Chapter 8 of In the Dead of Night by John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 423 sentences of In the Dead of Night, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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