Chapter 19 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table. “Fitch!” He called the butler over to his side. Fitch listened to him.
Chapter 19 of The Billiard Room Mystery is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “He called the butler over to his side.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
From this reading ““Fitch!””
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
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.
a table where breakfast is eaten
In this reading “BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
From this reading “Fitch!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fitch listened to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
immediately past
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Fitch listened to him.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
above and across; more than
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He called the butler over to his side.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading BATHURST’S WONDERFUL SYMPATHY Anthony drained his last cup of tea and pushed his chair away from the breakfast table.
Chapter 19 of The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 19 holds 191 sentences of The Billiard Room Mystery, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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