Chapter 19 of The Dop Doctor is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Dop Doctor is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing. He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued. He said, with an air of changing the subject: "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl." "Is she not?"
Chapter 19 of The Dop Doctor is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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brought into existence
From this reading “He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.”
make calm or still
From this reading “Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.”
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading “He said, with an air of changing the subject:”
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
From this reading “Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.”
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.”
past form of “pique” — cause to feel resentment or indignation
From this reading “He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.”
plural of “strike” — a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
From this reading “"Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."”
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading “He said, with an air of changing the subject:”
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 He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
brought into existence
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
make calm or still
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
a young female
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is she not?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
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From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
past form of “pique” — cause to feel resentment or indignation
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Is she not?"
plural of “strike” — a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
From this reading "Miss Mildare strikes me as a very beautiful girl."
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
precisely as stated
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her voice was very calm, and her discreet glance told nothing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He said, with an air of changing the subject:
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would not have been a man of woman born if he had not been a little piqued.
Chapter 19 of The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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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