Chapter 9 of In the Dead of Night — Volume 1 is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of In the Dead of Night — Volume 1 is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. PERCY OSMOND. “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.” So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton. Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
Chapter 9 of In the Dead of Night — Volume 1 is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.”
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading “So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.”
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading ““We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.””
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.”
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading “PERCY OSMOND.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading ““We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.””
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.””
In this reading ““We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.””
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
go away from a place
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
and nothing more
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PERCY OSMOND.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading PERCY OSMOND.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Garside’s sister—her sister by marriage only—was dead.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “We shall not be able to leave Paris for five or six weeks.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading So wrote Edith West to Lionel Dering at Park Newton.
Chapter 9 of In the Dead of Night — Volume 1 by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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 9 holds 232 sentences of In the Dead of Night — Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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