Chapter 30 of Miss Million's Maid is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Miss Million's Maid is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUT ON BAIL THERE! The much-dreaded ordeal is over. That is, it is over for the present. For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come. We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
Chapter 30 of Miss Million's Maid is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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release after a security has been paid
From this reading “OUT ON BAIL THERE!”
superlative of “black” — being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
From this reading “For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.”
a severe or trying experience
From this reading “The much-dreaded ordeal is over.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
the act of testing something
From this reading “For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.”
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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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
In this reading “We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.”
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 We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading OUT ON BAIL THERE!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
superlative of “black” — being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That is, it is over for the present.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The much-dreaded ordeal is over.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That is, it is over for the present.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The much-dreaded ordeal is over.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OUT ON BAIL THERE!
a severe or trying experience
From this reading The much-dreaded ordeal is over.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading OUT ON BAIL THERE!
above and across; more than
From this reading The much-dreaded ordeal is over.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading That is, it is over for the present.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
not in physical motion
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is, it is over for the present.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The much-dreaded ordeal is over.
in or at that place or location
From this reading OUT ON BAIL THERE!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
the act of testing something
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We shall have to go on living somehow under a cloud of the blackest suspicion.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For we have been committed for trial, and that trial is still to come.
Chapter 30 of Miss Million's Maid by Berta Ruck holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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