Chapter 15 of Scandal is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Scandal is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do you?" "Don’t I?" She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased. Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them. "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
Chapter 15 of Scandal is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
put on clothes
From this reading “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
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 “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
In this reading “She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.”
In this reading “"You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.”
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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 "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don’t I?"
put on clothes
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Don’t I?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them.
the sound of laughing
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
successive (without a break)
From this reading She looked straight into his eyes and her laughter ceased.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading "You have twenty minutes for a little rest before you dress for dinner, Beatrix.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vanderdyke joined them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you?"
Chapter 15 of Scandal by Cosmo Hamilton holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 15 holds 398 sentences of Scandal, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Scandal by Cosmo Hamilton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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