Chapter 19 of The Great Diamond Syndicate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Great Diamond Syndicate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN. The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows. The officer saw them, and approached. “I thought you’d come back,” he said. “It’s a case worth looking up.
Chapter 19 of The Great Diamond Syndicate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
plural of “detective” — a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
conformity or harmony
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “The officer saw them, and approached.”
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading ““It’s a case worth looking up.”
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 “The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.”
be restored
In this reading ““I thought you’d come back,” he said.”
In this reading ““It’s a case worth looking up.”
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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 BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The officer saw them, and approached.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
an occurrence of something
From this reading “It’s a case worth looking up.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
plural of “detective” — a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a case worth looking up.
conformity or harmony
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “It’s a case worth looking up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading The officer saw them, and approached.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
cut with a saw
From this reading The officer saw them, and approached.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The officer saw them, and approached.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “It’s a case worth looking up.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The detectives approached the building from the opposite side of the street, keeping their eyes on the third-story windows.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “It’s a case worth looking up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you’d come back,” he said.
Chapter 19 of The Great Diamond Syndicate by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 19 holds 124 sentences of The Great Diamond Syndicate, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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