Chapter 13 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why have you come here?" "Why? Because I couldn't stay away. You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?" "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
Chapter 13 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the reason that
From this reading “Because I couldn't stay away.”
put or send forth
From this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
made afraid
From this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?"”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Because I couldn't stay away.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
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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stay clear of, avoid
In this reading “Because I couldn't stay away.”
In this reading “"Why have you come here?"”
In this reading “"McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Because I couldn't stay away.
for the reason that
From this reading Because I couldn't stay away.
put or send forth
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Why have you come here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Because I couldn't stay away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?"
made afraid
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why have you come here?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Why have you come here?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Because I couldn't stay away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?"
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
above and across; more than
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Because I couldn't stay away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You knew I'd have to come, didn't you?"
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "McGill!" she whispered, and cast a frightened look over her shoulder.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why have you come here?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why have you come here?"
Chapter 13 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales by Rex Beach holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 13 holds 393 sentences of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales by Rex Beach exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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