Chapter 18 of Reprinted Pieces is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Reprinted Pieces is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed. ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here. Heads!’ Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten. We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Chapter 18 of Reprinted Pieces is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
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From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
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From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
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From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heads!’
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From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stoop low, and creep down a precipitous flight of steps into a dark close cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Giles’s church strikes half-past ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Keep together, gentlemen; we are going down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Close up there, my men!’ says Inspector Field to two constables on duty who have followed.
Chapter 18 of Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Chapter 18 holds 156 sentences of Reprinted Pieces, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 156 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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