Chapter 6 of The Manor House School is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Manor House School is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely. There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found. The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed. "Where can she be? It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
Chapter 6 of The Manor House School is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not accessible to view
From this reading “The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.”
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.”
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading “There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.”
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading “It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.”
in minute detail
From this reading “Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.”
done under pressure
From this reading “Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.”
a just detectable amount
From this reading “There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.”
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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 There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Where can she be?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
not accessible to view
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
set up or found
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
in minute detail
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
done under pressure
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Where can she be?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
a just detectable amount
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Monica The two girls rushed into the empty room and examined every corner minutely.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was not a trace of any secret exit to be found.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where can she be?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading It's like magic!" whispered Cicely.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading The opening through which Mrs. Wilson must have disappeared was evidently marvellously well concealed.
Chapter 6 of The Manor House School by Angela Brazil holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 6 holds 190 sentences of The Manor House School, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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