Chapter 28 of The Man with a Secret: A Novel is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of The Man with a Secret: A Novel is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MOTHER'S AFFECTION. _Niobe_. From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly. _Chorus_. Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
Chapter 28 of The Man with a Secret: A Novel is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.”
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading “From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading _Chorus_.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
From this reading _Niobe_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
From this reading From cruel Ph[oe]bus all my children fly.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Fly then, oh Queen, else will they bring thee harm.
Chapter 28 of The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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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