Chapter 6 of That Affair Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of That Affair Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, a few minutes before." "Did you try to find your wife?" "No. I went directly to the club." "Did you try to find her the next morning?" "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
Chapter 6 of That Affair Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “"No. I went directly to the club."”
carefully weighed
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
without deviation
From this reading “"No. I went directly to the club."”
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
able to see
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
not necessary
From this reading “"No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Yes, a few minutes before."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Yes, a few minutes before."
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
carefully weighed
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
without deviation
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Yes, a few minutes before."
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
start firing a weapon
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Did you try to find her the next morning?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Yes, a few minutes before."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Did you try to find her the next morning?"
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "Did you try to find her the next morning?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
able to see
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
not necessary
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "No. I went directly to the club."
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, a few minutes before."
but in spite of that
From this reading "No; I had heard that the steamer had not yet been sighted off Fire Island, so considered the effort unnecessary."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you try to find your wife?"
Chapter 6 of That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 412 sentences of That Affair Next Door, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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