Chapter 3 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CONFESSION. "He will be all right now." The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams. I seemed to be in a dream myself. What I saw, I seemed to see in a dream.
Chapter 3 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “A CONFESSION.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “I seemed to be in a dream myself.”
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading “The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I seemed to be in a dream myself.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"He will be all right now."”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A CONFESSION.
(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 will be all right now."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "He will be all right now."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading A CONFESSION.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading I seemed to be in a dream myself.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He will be all right now."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I seemed to be in a dream myself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I seemed to be in a dream myself.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I seemed to be in a dream myself.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "He will be all right now."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "He will be all right now."
cut with a saw
From this reading What I saw, I seemed to see in a dream.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What I saw, I seemed to see in a dream.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The voice seemed to come to me out of the land of dreams.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What I saw, I seemed to see in a dream.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "He will be all right now."
Chapter 3 of The Crime and the Criminal by Richard Marsh holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 3 holds 418 sentences of The Crime and the Criminal, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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