Chapter 26 of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVI
Chapter 26 of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WILL HE REMEMBER? Should she tell him? She could not. The way must somehow be prepared. No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
Chapter 26 of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading “No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “The way must somehow be prepared.”
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading “The way must somehow be prepared.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “WILL HE REMEMBER?”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “The way must somehow be prepared.”
express in words
From this reading “Should she tell him?”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “The way must somehow be prepared.”
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 “No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could not.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WILL HE REMEMBER?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Should she tell him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
and nothing more
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
not any; not one
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She could not.
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
To recall to mind.
From this reading WILL HE REMEMBER?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Should she tell him?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Should she tell him?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading No--she could not tell him just so--in cold blood.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
express in words
From this reading Should she tell him?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The way must somehow be prepared.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading WILL HE REMEMBER?
Chapter 26 of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition by Walter Besant holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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 26 holds 259 sentences of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of The Ivory Gate, a New Edition by Walter Besant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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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