Chapter 34 of The Beetle: A Mystery is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of The Beetle: A Mystery is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door. ‘I won’t have that young man in my house. I won’t have him! Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’ I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
Chapter 34 of The Beetle: A Mystery is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.”
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
a slight indication
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
From this reading “Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’”
be flustered; behave in a confused manner
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.”
an unhappy and worried mental state
From this reading “I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.”
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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 THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
a slight indication
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
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From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
be flustered; behave in a confused manner
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I won’t have him!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
moving with great haste
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
an unhappy and worried mental state
From this reading I endeavoured to appease her perturbation.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Don’t let him dare to put his nose across my doorstep.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading ‘I won’t have that young man in my house.
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