Chapter 3 of The Abbot's Ghost is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Abbot's Ghost is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHO WAS IT? Who had taken it? This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night. He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden. He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
Chapter 3 of The Abbot's Ghost is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.”
the act of breaking something
From this reading “He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.”
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading “He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.”
move an implement through
From this reading “He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.”
believed likely
From this reading “He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.”
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading “This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.”
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later than; following
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
(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 This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
the act of breaking something
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
the organ of sight
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
start firing a weapon
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Who had taken it?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
not accessible to view
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHO WAS IT?
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
a brief written record
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
and nothing more
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
move an implement through
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
believed likely
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Who had taken it?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden.
up to a particular time
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
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From this reading This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHO WAS IT?
which person or people
From this reading WHO WAS IT?
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