Chapter 12 of The Destroying Angel is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Destroying Angel is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You mean never to go back to the stage?" "Never." "And yet--" he mused craftily. "Never!" She fell blindly into his trap.
Chapter 12 of The Destroying Angel is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 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.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “"You mean never to go back to the stage?"”
without seeing or looking
From this reading “She fell blindly into his trap.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “She fell blindly into his trap.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"You mean never to go back to the stage?"”
past form of “muse” — reflect deeply on a subject
From this reading “"And yet--" he mused craftily.”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “"You mean never to go back to the stage?"”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “She fell blindly into his trap.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"And yet--" he mused craftily.”
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.
belong to an earlier time
In this reading “"You mean never to go back to the stage?"”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And yet--" he mused craftily.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
without seeing or looking
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
in an artful manner
From this reading "And yet--" he mused craftily.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And yet--" he mused craftily.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
past form of “muse” — reflect deeply on a subject
From this reading "And yet--" he mused craftily.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading She fell blindly into his trap.
but in spite of that
From this reading "And yet--" he mused craftily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You mean never to go back to the stage?"
Chapter 12 of The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 12 holds 403 sentences of The Destroying Angel, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 438 minutes of reading across 1054 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Destroying Angel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
