Chapter 12 of The Bigamist is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Bigamist is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close. "Cut it, Pamela," he said. "I'll take you home to England. We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere. It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
Chapter 12 of The Bigamist is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 “He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “"Cut it, Pamela," he said.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “"I'll take you home to England.”
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading “We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.”
with low volume
From this reading “We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
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 He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading "Cut it, Pamela," he said.
dearly loved
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading "I'll take you home to England.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "I'll take you home to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll take you home to England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Cut it, Pamela," he said.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
joined in matrimony
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
above and across; more than
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cut it, Pamela," he said.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
with low volume
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Cut it, Pamela," he said.
in or at or to some place
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
carry out
From this reading "I'll take you home to England.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He put an arm about her and drew her to him and held her close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll be married quietly over there--or in Europe somewhere.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be better for the children in the long run, dear, believe me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll take you home to England.
Chapter 12 of The Bigamist by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 12 holds 421 sentences of The Bigamist, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Bigamist by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 490 minutes of reading across 1177 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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