Chapter 23 of Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk) is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 23 of Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk) by John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre holds 258 sentences, grouped into 52 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 23 holds 258 sentences of Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk), unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
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Chapter 23 of Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk) is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later. Miss Hohenlo greeted them despairingly. “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said. “I never saw him play so badly.” “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
Chapter 23 of Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk) is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
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From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
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From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
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From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
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From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
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From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
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From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
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From this reading Miss Hohenlo greeted them despairingly.
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From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
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From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
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From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
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From this reading Miss Hohenlo greeted them despairingly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
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From this reading Miss Hohenlo greeted them despairingly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
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From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
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From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Frederic’s game is disgraceful,” she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I never saw him play so badly.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Miss Hohenlo greeted them despairingly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading CONCLUSION Ashton-Kirk, with Miss Knowles and Scanlon, entered the billiard room a few moments later.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “In that case,” laughed Ashton-Kirk, “it will be a charity to relieve you of him.
