Chapter 15 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“YOU bungler!” Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust. The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature. And now the verdict—“You bungler!” Somehow it stung most of all.
Chapter 15 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expressing offensive reproach
From this reading “The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.”
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
From this reading ““YOU bungler!””
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
From this reading “The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.”
plural of “interruption” — an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.”
for the most part
From this reading “The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.”
unhealthy looking
From this reading “Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “Somehow it stung most of all.”
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading “And now the verdict—“You bungler!””
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.
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In this reading “The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.”
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expressing offensive reproach
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
(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 Somehow it stung most of all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
From this reading “YOU bungler!”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
fill with distaste
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
plural of “interruption” — an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Somehow it stung most of all.
for the most part
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Somehow it stung most of all.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now the verdict—“You bungler!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
unhealthy looking
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Somehow it stung most of all.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading Somehow it stung most of all.
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From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading And now the verdict—“You bungler!”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Symington’s countenance was sickly; his voice was full of cold and bitter disgust.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading The wretched Corrie had come to the end of his sorry confession, not without interruptions mainly of an angry, abusive nature.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “YOU bungler!”
Chapter 15 of Kitty Carstairs by J. J. (John Joy) Bell holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 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.
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