Chapter 27 of Room 13 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of Room 13 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him. “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked. “I thought you had company?” “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.” “Your son gone, too?”
Chapter 27 of Room 13 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading ““All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.”
in an apologetic manner
From this reading “Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.”
the act of closing something
From this reading “Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading ““I thought you had company?””
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading ““I had some friends, but they’ve gone.””
past form of “sidle” — move unobtrusively or furtively
From this reading “Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.”
a male human offspring
From this reading ““Your son gone, too?””
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.
In this reading “Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.”
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(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 “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.
in an apologetic manner
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.”
the act of closing something
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “I thought you had company?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I thought you had company?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought you had company?”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All alone, Mr. Legge?” he asked.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
past form of “sidle” — move unobtrusively or furtively
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Your son gone, too?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Reeder sidled into the room apologetically, closing the door behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had some friends, but they’ve gone.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you had company?”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Your son gone, too?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thought you had company?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your son gone, too?”
Chapter 27 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 27 holds 129 sentences of Room 13, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Room 13 by Edgar Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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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