Chapter 9 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman! It was incredible--almost impossible! Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her. She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert. Druze a woman!
Chapter 9 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading “She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.”
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading “She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.”
an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
From this reading “DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!”
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
From this reading “DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!”
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading “It was incredible--almost impossible!”
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading “She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.”
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading “Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.”
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In this reading “She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.”
a man who is very old
In this reading “Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.”
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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 DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was incredible--almost impossible!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
From this reading DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!
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From this reading DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
From this reading DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading It was incredible--almost impossible!
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading It was incredible--almost impossible!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was incredible--almost impossible!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
precisely as stated
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was incredible--almost impossible!
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading She dragged herself up the stairs, her limp body aching for rest, her mind very wide awake and alert.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading DRUZE’S HANDICAP Druze--a woman!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet that shrewd old man would not have jested with her.
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