Chapter 18 of The Clique of Gold is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Clique of Gold is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No,” replied the surgeon, “no! Calm yourself. The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.” These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer. He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
Chapter 18 of The Clique of Gold is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.”
make calm or still
From this reading “Calm yourself.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.””
plural of “limb” — one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading “He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.”
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.”
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading ““No,” replied the surgeon, “no!”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.””
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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 The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
anew
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
exhale hard
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
make calm or still
From this reading Calm yourself.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
plural of “limb” — one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” replied the surgeon, “no!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “No,” replied the surgeon, “no!
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading “No,” replied the surgeon, “no!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “No,” replied the surgeon, “no!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned pale; his lips quivered; and he trembled in all his limbs.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
precisely as stated
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
the words that are spoken
From this reading These words fell like a heavy blow upon the murderer.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading The wound is a very bad one; but in a fortnight he will be up again.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Calm yourself.
Chapter 18 of The Clique of Gold by Emile Gaboriau holds 407 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.
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