Chapter 17 of The Drunkard is here in full — 519 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Drunkard is here in full — 519 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death." --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed. There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian. She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable. She yielded nothing.
Chapter 17 of The Drunkard is here in full — 519 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.”
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading “THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."”
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading “There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.”
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.”
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading “She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.”
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
From this reading “There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.”
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading “She yielded nothing.”
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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In this reading “--_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.”
In this reading “There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.”
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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 THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She yielded nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
a physiological need to drink
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
impossible to quench
From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading She yielded nothing.
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