Chapter 6 of The Changeling is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Changeling is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE OLD LOVER. "My dear Dick!" Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors. "At last! I thought you were never coming to see me again."
Chapter 6 of The Changeling is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in addition
From this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I thought you were never coming to see me again."”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"My dear Dick!"”
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “THE OLD LOVER.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
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.
In this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
be beset by
In this reading “Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
in addition
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At last!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
dearly loved
From this reading "My dear Dick!"
someone who is a detective
From this reading "My dear Dick!"
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
a room used for dining
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
immediately past
From this reading "At last!
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading THE OLD LOVER.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dear Dick!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE OLD LOVER.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD LOVER.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Molly ran into the dining-room of her dingy boarding-house, which was also the reception-room for visitors.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought you were never coming to see me again."
Chapter 6 of The Changeling by Walter Besant holds 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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 6 holds 274 sentences of The Changeling, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Changeling by Walter Besant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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.
Work through the 55 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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