Chapter 26 of Missing at Marshlands is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Missing at Marshlands is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly. “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone. It has been for some time.” “Then you know about it?” Serge asked.
Chapter 26 of Missing at Marshlands is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 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.
anew
From this reading “Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Serge asked.”
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading ““If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.”
a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
From this reading “Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.”
a twilled woolen fabric
From this reading “Serge asked.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.”
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 “It has been for some time.””
In this reading ““Then you know about it?””
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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 Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Then you know about it?”
anew
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Serge asked.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It has been for some time.”
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It has been for some time.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has been for some time.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has been for some time.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
a twilled woolen fabric
From this reading Serge asked.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Melissa Again Sim smiled a little bitterly.
a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It has been for some time.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then you know about it?”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It has been for some time.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you mean the snuffbox,” she said, “we know it’s gone.
Chapter 26 of Missing at Marshlands by Cleo F. Garis holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
Chapter 26 holds 122 sentences of Missing at Marshlands, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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