Chapter 11 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor. They joined us in the library. Sir Charles was worried and fidgety. “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information. “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
Chapter 11 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a message received and understood
From this reading ““The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “They joined us in the library.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “They joined us in the library.”
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
From this reading “WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.”
a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
From this reading “WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.”
past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily
From this reading ““The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “Sir Charles was worried and fidgety.”
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.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.”
In this reading “They joined us in the library.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading Sir Charles was worried and fidgety.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
nervous and unable to relax
From this reading Sir Charles was worried and fidgety.
set up or found
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They joined us in the library.
a message received and understood
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading They joined us in the library.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
a room where books are kept
From this reading They joined us in the library.
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
at the expected or proper time
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Charles was worried and fidgety.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They joined us in the library.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They joined us in the library.
past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily
From this reading “The ladies have gone to bed,” he volunteered the information.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Let’s hope they all sleep well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT WAS FOUND ON THE “SPIDER” Punctually at eleven-thirty, Baddeley and Roper arrived at the Manor.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading Sir Charles was worried and fidgety.
Chapter 11 of The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 11 holds 209 sentences of The Billiard Room Mystery, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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