Chapter 9 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT. I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there. It was. It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously. Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
Chapter 9 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
reveal unintentionally
From this reading “Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.”
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
From this reading “Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.”
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
From this reading “I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.”
as might be expected
From this reading “I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.”
at an earlier time or formerly
From this reading “It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.”
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
From this reading “Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.”
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 “It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.”
as might be expected
In this reading “Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.”
without delay or immediately
In this reading “It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.”
In this reading “It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.”
In this reading “It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
reveal unintentionally
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
come together
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
as might be expected
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
at an earlier time or formerly
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading I PAY BOB MILLET A VISIT.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
at the time that
From this reading I was naturally curious when I arrived home to see if the cat was there.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It did not meet me at the street door, but it lay on the spot on which I had left it a few hours previously.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Of course this distressed me, but I did not betray my uneasiness to my wife.
Chapter 9 of The Last Tenant by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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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