Chapter 10 of Murder in Black Letter is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Murder in Black Letter is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes! Leave me alone!" "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice. "They burned him. The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
Chapter 10 of Murder in Black Letter is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “"They burned him.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.”
-ing form of “hack” — cut with a hacking tool
From this reading “The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.”
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading “The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “"He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “"He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.”
bound or secured closely
From this reading “"He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.”
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading “"He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.”
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.
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later than; following
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Leave me alone!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading "They burned him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
divisible by two
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
-ing form of “hack” — cut with a hacking tool
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They burned him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
go away from a place
From this reading Leave me alone!"
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Leave me alone!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, yes!
above and across; more than
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
in or at or to some place
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They burned him.
bound or secured closely
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He was tied down somewhere and tortured," she said, not raising her voice.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The marks were all over his body, even after they finished hacking it up.
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, yes!
Chapter 10 of Murder in Black Letter by Poul Anderson holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 405 sentences of Murder in Black Letter, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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