Chapter 3 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley. “Strangled? Strangled with what?” “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
Chapter 3 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading ““I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading ““I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading ““I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.”
express in words
From this reading ““I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.”
held in check with difficulty
From this reading ““Strangled?”
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.
In this reading ““I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
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From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
express in words
From this reading “I can’t say exactly,” replied the doctor.
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
held in check with difficulty
From this reading “Strangled?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading BATHURST AND THE BED-CLOTHES “What!” snapped Baddeley.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Strangled with what?”
Chapter 3 of The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 3 holds 264 sentences of The Billiard Room Mystery, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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.
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