Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Graham caught at his arm. "I'm sorry. Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes? Let me dine with you." Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 71/155 · 5 reading units · Lines 351–355
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “bobby” — an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading “Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.”
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “Let me dine with you."”
be of different opinions
From this reading “Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “Graham caught at his arm.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"I'm sorry.”
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading “Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Graham caught at his arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Graham caught at his arm.
possessive form of “bobby” — an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Graham caught at his arm.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading Let me dine with you."
be of different opinions
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading Graham caught at his arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Graham caught at his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm sorry.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me dine with you."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me dine with you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I'm sorry.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Can't we forget to-night that we disagree about Paredes?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Let me dine with you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Let me dine with you."
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp holds 775 sentences, grouped into 155 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 1 holds 775 sentences of The Abandoned Room, unabridged, divided into 155 reading sections.
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