Chapter 8 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even. "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked. "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity. Evelyn pulled himself together. "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
Chapter 8 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading “"She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.”
for a short time
From this reading “"Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.”
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
From this reading “"What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.”
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading “"She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Evelyn pulled himself together.”
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading “"She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “"She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.”
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading “Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
for a short time
From this reading "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
divisible by two
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Evelyn pulled himself together.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
admitting of being pardoned
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Evelyn pulled himself together.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Look here, something's happened," he said briefly.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Evelyn pulled himself together.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading Evelyn turned on him a perfectly vacant face; he seemed not to have heard even.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What did Lady Ellington do?" he asked.
at the time that
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "She attended when I talked to her," said the Hermit, with pardonable severity.
Chapter 8 of The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 401 sentences of The Angel of Pain, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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