Chapter 14 of Miss Cayley's Adventures is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Miss Cayley's Adventures is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He saw I was right. It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal. He withdrew without a word. 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.' I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
Chapter 14 of Miss Cayley's Adventures is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'”
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading “It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.”
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
From this reading “It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.”
inflected form of “withdraw” — pull back or move away or backward
From this reading “He withdrew without a word.”
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 “He withdrew without a word.”
In this reading “It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.”
In this reading “'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 He withdrew without a word.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
travel across or pass over
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
divisible by two
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw I was right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He saw I was right.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
come together
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
precisely, exactly
From this reading He saw I was right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw I was right.
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He saw I was right.
clean with some chemical process
From this reading I did not even wait to wash the tears from my eyes.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'We meet,' I said, 'at ten, at King's Cross Station.'
inflected form of “withdraw” — pull back or move away or backward
From this reading He withdrew without a word.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He withdrew without a word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading He withdrew without a word.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would avoid suspicion, and it would prevent more scandal.
Chapter 14 of Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen holds 425 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.
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