Chapter 8 of The Crime Doctor is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Crime Doctor is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"As it never was with me?" "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him. I told him so when he called last week." "So you have had another little scene?" "I cut it short at that."
Chapter 8 of The Crime Doctor is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “"That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I told him so when he called last week."”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “"I cut it short at that."”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “"That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “"So you have had another little scene?"”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “"I cut it short at that."”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “I told him so when he called last week."”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “I told him so when he called last week."”
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 “I told him so when he called last week."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I cut it short at that."
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading "I cut it short at that."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
immediately past
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading "I cut it short at that."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That was it; but now he knows that I don't believe him.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
at the time that
From this reading I told him so when he called last week."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "As it never was with me?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have had another little scene?"
Chapter 8 of The Crime Doctor by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 8 holds 433 sentences of The Crime Doctor, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Crime Doctor by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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