Chapter 11 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOUISE O'DONNEL'S FATHER. Next day Jack Haines came to see me. Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance. Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners. I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
Chapter 11 of The Crime and the Criminal is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading “Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Next day Jack Haines came to see me.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.”
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading “Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.”
plural of “partner” — a person's partner in marriage
From this reading “Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.”
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 “Next day Jack Haines came to see me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
one or the other of two
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading LOUISE O'DONNEL'S FATHER.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOUISE O'DONNEL'S FATHER.
joined in matrimony
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOUISE O'DONNEL'S FATHER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
plural of “partner” — a person's partner in marriage
From this reading Jack Haines and Daniel J. Carruth had been partners.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading Mr. Haines promised to be a nuisance.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I might have married either of them, for the matter of that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next day Jack Haines came to see me.
Chapter 11 of The Crime and the Criminal by Richard Marsh holds 533 sentences, grouped into 107 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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