Chapter 13 of The House 'Round the Corner is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The House 'Round the Corner is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again. "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready. Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said. That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him. "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
Chapter 13 of The House 'Round the Corner is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading “"If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.”
a search for knowledge
From this reading “That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.”
absolutely essential
From this reading “That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.”
the general location where something is
From this reading “That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed 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 “"You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.”
In this reading “Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
later than; following
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
anew
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
in the past
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
a search for knowledge
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
absolutely essential
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
term of address for a man
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You were looking for Miss Garth a few minutes ago.
the general location where something is
From this reading That a second inquiry as to Marguerite's whereabouts should be necessary seemed to surprise him.
during the time that
From this reading DEUS EX MACHINA After a while, Betty came to Armathwaite again.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Shall I bring it in, or will you wait for Miss Meg?" she said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you please, sir, breakfast is ready.
Chapter 13 of The House 'Round the Corner by Louis Tracy holds 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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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