Chapter 1 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC. THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J. "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me. "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
Chapter 1 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.”
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading “"That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.”
any long and arduous undertaking
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.”
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading “"I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “"That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “"That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.”
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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 "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
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From this reading THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
an occurrence of something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
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From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
any long and arduous undertaking
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
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From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARATHON MYSTERY," "THE HOLLADAY CASE," ETC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That seems to be all right, Lester," said Mr. Royce, and handed the papers back to me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
at the time that
From this reading "I'll be mighty glad when we get that off our hands."
Chapter 1 of That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
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