Chapter 15 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRAPPED! _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M. _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_). I suppose this _is_ the corridor? The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
Chapter 15 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
From this reading “I suppose this _is_ the corridor?”
third-person singular of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading “_Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).”
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
coated with paint
From this reading “The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....”
a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading “TRAPPED!”
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In this reading “_Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).”
In this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
In this reading “The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....”
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
third-person singular of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
above and across; more than
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
coated with paint
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading TRAPPED!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
Chapter 15 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes by F. Anstey holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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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