Chapter 37 of The Brooklyn murders is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of The Brooklyn murders is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body. Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering. The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body. “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.” The superintendent turned to Ellery.
Chapter 37 of The Brooklyn murders is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “crouch” — bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading “Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.”
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading “A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.”
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading “A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.”
a formal or official examination
From this reading “The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.”
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading “Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.”
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.
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In this reading “A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.”
In this reading “Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.”
In this reading ““H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.””
In this reading “Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
past form of “crouch” — bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
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From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
a formal or official examination
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
a high ranking police officer
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading Moorman, his nerves gone, crouched in a corner, muttering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading The inspector bent down and made a quick inspection of the body.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “H’m,” he said, “he’s quite dead.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The superintendent turned to Ellery.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The superintendent turned to Ellery.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Happy Ending Joan, Ellery, and the superintendent faced one another across Woodman’s body.
Chapter 37 of The Brooklyn murders by G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) Cole holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 37 holds 147 sentences of The Brooklyn murders, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 37 of The Brooklyn murders by G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) Cole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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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