Chapter 3 of Room 13 is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Room 13 is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Married?” Johnny repeated the word dully. Marney married…! It was incredible, impossible to comprehend. For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
Chapter 3 of Room 13 is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
get the meaning of something
From this reading “It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.”
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading “It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny repeated the word dully.”
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
plural of “support” — the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
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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In this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.”
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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 For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
get the meaning of something
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
without liveliness
From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.
remove the dust from
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
the state or fact of existing
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marney married…!
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Married?”
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
recurring again and again
From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
plural of “support” — the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading For a moment the stays and supports of existence dissolved into dust, and the fabric of life fell into chaos.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was incredible, impossible to comprehend.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Johnny repeated the word dully.
Chapter 3 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 3 holds 201 sentences of Room 13, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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.
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