Chapter 22 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DEVIL’S HOSPITAL. 1. Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital. 2. She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
Chapter 22 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading “Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.”
possessive form of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
From this reading “She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “THE DEVIL’S HOSPITAL.”
plural of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading “She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.”
third-person singular of “receive” — get something; come into possession of
From this reading “She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.”
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
From this reading “She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading 2.
past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
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From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
possessive form of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading THE DEVIL’S HOSPITAL.
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading THE DEVIL’S HOSPITAL.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
plural of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
third-person singular of “receive” — get something; come into possession of
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
From this reading She receives the attention of Satan’s fiendish surgical operators.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEVIL’S HOSPITAL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried away to the Hospital.
Chapter 22 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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