Chapter 11 of The Luminous Face is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Luminous Face is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!” Millicent exclaimed. “I do think it’s a shame! Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother! Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
Chapter 11 of The Luminous Face is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!”
to gain with effort
From this reading “Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.””
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading “Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!””
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.””
-ing form of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!”
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
From this reading “Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!””
moving swiftly
From this reading “Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.””
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.
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someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
In this reading “Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.””
In this reading “Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!””
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 “I do think it’s a shame!
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
to gain with effort
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
anew
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
-ing form of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I do think it’s a shame!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Millicent exclaimed.
moving swiftly
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I do think it’s a shame!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I do think it’s a shame!
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Millicent exclaimed.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Adams Again “Everything looks dubious!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “I do think it’s a shame!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
in the near future
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I do think it’s a shame!
in the direction of
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
except if; if not
From this reading Unless the police achieve something soon, I shall get a private detective.”
which person or people
From this reading Here the days are flying by and absolutely nothing done toward discovering who killed my brother!
Chapter 11 of The Luminous Face by Carolyn Wells 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.
Chapter 11 holds 294 sentences of The Luminous Face, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Luminous Face by Carolyn Wells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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.
Work through the 59 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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