Chapter 6 of Room 13 is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Room 13 is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hallo, Johnny! Running for the compensation stakes?” Johnny laughed. “You mean the maid? She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
Chapter 6 of Room 13 is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 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.
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
From this reading “Running for the compensation stakes?””
“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 ““Hallo, Johnny!”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Johnny laughed.”
a female domestic
From this reading ““You mean the maid?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““You mean the maid?”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “She is rather pretty, isn’t she?””
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading “Running for the compensation stakes?””
the money risked on a gamble
From this reading “Running for the compensation stakes?””
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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something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
From this reading Running for the compensation stakes?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Running for the compensation stakes?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hallo, Johnny!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
“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 “Hallo, Johnny!
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Johnny laughed.
a female domestic
From this reading “You mean the maid?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “You mean the maid?
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
on the contrary
From this reading She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Running for the compensation stakes?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is rather pretty, isn’t she?”
the money risked on a gamble
From this reading Running for the compensation stakes?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Running for the compensation stakes?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You mean the maid?
Chapter 6 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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 6 holds 197 sentences of Room 13, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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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