Chapter 7 of The club of masks is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The club of masks is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants. “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?” I was driven to ask. “Not yet. There are several more places to be visited.”
Chapter 7 of The club of masks is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading “THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.”
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading ““And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?””
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading “I was driven to ask.”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “There are several more places to be visited.””
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading “THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.”
past form of “trace” — follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
From this reading ““And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?””
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “There are several more places to be visited.””
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.”
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.
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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 CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I was driven to ask.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading I was driven to ask.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not yet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was driven to ask.
past form of “trace” — follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading There are several more places to be visited.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was driven to ask.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CAUSE OF DEATH I waited with sickening apprehension for a few instants.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Not yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And the others?--the Zenobia costume, has that been traced?”
Chapter 7 of The club of masks by Allen Upward holds 160 sentences, grouped into 32 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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