Mary Regan

Chapter XIII

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By Leroy Scott • Curated US English Learning Edition

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MORTON TAKES A HAND All thought of the sickly-smiling Loveman, and all his ironic jocularity, slipped from Clifford as he stepped back into the graver situation which existed in the drawing-room.

The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

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Chapter XIII Reading 1/36

Mary Regan

Chapter XIII

Chapter 13 of Mary Regan is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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MR.

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MORTON TAKES A HAND All thought of the sickly-smiling Loveman, and all his ironic jocularity, slipped from Clifford as he stepped back into the graver situation which existed in the drawing-room.

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The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

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Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

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He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

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During preposition US /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.”

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading MORTON TAKES A HAND All thought of the sickly-smiling Loveman, and all his ironic jocularity, slipped from Clifford as he stepped back into the graver situation which existed in the drawing-room.

absence

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

All

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andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

apart

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From this reading Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

back

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become

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From this reading He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

capital

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

chair

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From this reading Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

Clifford

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composure

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

drawing-room

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duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

existed

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felt

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From this reading He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

graver

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

HAND

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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

heavily

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

ironic

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jocularity

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Loveman

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Mary

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

merely

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From this reading He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

MORTON

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From this reading MR.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

nervous

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

onlooker

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From this reading He felt that he had become merely an onlooker.

pair

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

regarding

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

seated

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

sickly-smiling

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situation

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slightly

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From this reading Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

slipped

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stepped

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TAKES

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taxed

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From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

thought

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took

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From this reading Clifford took a chair slightly apart.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The pair had seated themselves during his absence; Mary was regarding Mr. Morton with a composure that must have heavily taxed her nervous capital.

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