Chapter 11 of The case of the Black Twenty-Two is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 11 of The case of the Black Twenty-Two is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors. “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already. We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later. Come in, will you?” Clegg and Goodall had already got to work.
Chapter 11 of The case of the Black Twenty-Two is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading “With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.”
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
From this reading ““Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.”
third-person singular of “describe” — give a description of
From this reading “With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.”
English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
From this reading ““Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading ““Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.”
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
From this reading “We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.”
hold back to a later time
From this reading “We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.”
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
From this reading “With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.”
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.
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 With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come in, will you?”
third-person singular of “describe” — give a description of
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Clegg and Goodall had already got to work.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Clegg and Goodall had already got to work.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come in, will you?”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
a form of address for a man
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
hold back to a later time
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading “Inspector Goodall and Sergeant Clegg are here already.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
up to a particular time
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall have to postpone our visit to the Museum Room till later.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Come in, will you?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a Given Center, Mr. Bathurst Describes a Circle Stewart met them at the French doors.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Clegg and Goodall had already got to work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come in, will you?”
Chapter 11 of The case of the Black Twenty-Two by Brian Flynn holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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.
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