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Chapter 12 of The House of the Arrow is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want." "We have something to do to-night?" Jim asked. "Yes." He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
Chapter 12 of The House of the Arrow is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."”
plural of “saucer” — something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
move stealthily
From this reading “"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."”
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
a woman waiter
From this reading “He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.”
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leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Jim asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We have something to do to-night?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
destroyed or killed
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have something to do to-night?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim asked.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
not any; not one
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
on one occasion
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
plural of “saucer” — something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
move stealthily
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "We have something to do to-night?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We have something to do to-night?"
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
up to a particular time
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
a woman waiter
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
at the time that
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
Chapter 12 of The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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