Chapter 17 of The Blind Spot is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of The Blind Spot is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The dead! Did you say--the dead?” “Certainly; the dead. Are you not of the dead?” Watson shook his head emphatically.
Chapter 17 of The Blind Spot is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““Certainly; the dead.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading ““The dead!”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “Watson shook his head emphatically.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Watson shook his head emphatically.”
express in words
From this reading “Did you say--the dead?””
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Watson shook his head emphatically.”
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading “Watson shook his head emphatically.”
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.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you not of the dead?”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Certainly; the dead.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “The dead!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you say--the dead?”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading Watson shook his head emphatically.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Watson shook his head emphatically.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Watson shook his head emphatically.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Are you not of the dead?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Are you not of the dead?”
express in words
From this reading Did you say--the dead?”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Watson shook his head emphatically.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The dead!
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading Watson shook his head emphatically.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you say--the dead?”
Chapter 17 of The Blind Spot by Austin Hall holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 409 sentences of The Blind Spot, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Blind Spot by Austin Hall exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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