Chapter 11 of The Hospital Murders is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Hospital Murders is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MacArthur wheeled. “He will be here this afternoon?” Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk. “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes. Otherwise about eight tonight.
Chapter 11 of The Hospital Murders is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.”
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
From this reading “MacArthur wheeled.”
in other respects or ways
From this reading “Otherwise about eight tonight.”
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading ““If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.”
On the present night.
From this reading “Otherwise about eight tonight.”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “MacArthur wheeled.”
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 ““If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Otherwise about eight tonight.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
being one more than seven
From this reading Otherwise about eight tonight.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
the act of departing
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
From this reading MacArthur wheeled.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
in other respects or ways
From this reading Otherwise about eight tonight.
above and across; more than
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
On the present night.
From this reading Otherwise about eight tonight.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “If he makes the plane leaving in twenty minutes.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Higgins pushed the telephone over upon the desk.
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading MacArthur wheeled.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “He will be here this afternoon?”
Chapter 11 of The Hospital Murders by Means Davis holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 11 holds 417 sentences of The Hospital Murders, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Hospital Murders by Means Davis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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