Chapter 21 of The Last Call: A Romance (Vol. 3 of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
Chapter 21 of The Last Call: A Romance (Vol. 3 of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned." The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly. "I was deceived!" she said. "I was cruelly deceived. I don't know why they deceived me.
Chapter 21 of The Last Call: A Romance (Vol. 3 of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.”
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."”
excessively
From this reading “"I was cruelly deceived.”
past form of “deceive” — be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading “"I was deceived!" she said.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."”
loud cries made while weeping
From this reading “The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.”
showing sorrow
From this reading “The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.”
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 “Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."”
In this reading “I don't know why they deceived me.”
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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 Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
on or to one side
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
a young person of either sex
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
excessively
From this reading "I was cruelly deceived.
past form of “deceive” — be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading "I was deceived!" she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't know why they deceived me.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was deceived!" she said.
a high ranking police officer
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don't know why they deceived me.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I don't know why they deceived me.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I was deceived!" she said.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I don't know why they deceived me.
a special situation
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meanwhile the inspector had taken the nurse aside, and said to her: "This is a dreadful thing, that a man's house and his child should be burned."
loud cries made while weeping
From this reading The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.
showing sorrow
From this reading The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I don't know why they deceived me.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman was weeping and wailing bitterly.
Chapter 21 of The Last Call: A Romance (Vol. 3 of 3) by Richard Dowling holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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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