Chapter 16 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.” Leslie stared at the inspector. “His own mother charged him? How monstrous!” Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
Chapter 16 of The girl from Scotland Yard is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
how long something has existed
From this reading “Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.”
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading ““His own mother charged him?”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “Leslie stared at the inspector.”
abnormally large
From this reading “How monstrous!””
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading “AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.””
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Leslie stared at the inspector.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.”
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.
In this reading “Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.”
In this reading “Leslie stared at the inspector.”
In this reading “Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.”
In this reading ““His own mother charged him?”
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.
how long something has existed
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Leslie stared at the inspector.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading “His own mother charged him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “His own mother charged him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “His own mother charged him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How monstrous!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
a high ranking police officer
From this reading Leslie stared at the inspector.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Leslie stared at the inspector.
abnormally large
From this reading How monstrous!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “His own mother charged him?
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “His own mother charged him?
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading AN OLD RECORD “I can’t believe it.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Leslie stared at the inspector.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leslie stared at the inspector.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
in or at the place that
From this reading Mr. Coldwell had reached an age where it was almost impossible to surprise him.
Chapter 16 of The girl from Scotland Yard by Edgar Wallace holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 16 holds 183 sentences of The girl from Scotland Yard, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The girl from Scotland Yard by Edgar Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 16 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.
Common questions about reading The girl from Scotland Yard by Edgar Wallace on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The girl from Scotland Yard section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The girl from Scotland Yard to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The girl from Scotland Yard, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
