Chapter 12 of The Masquerader is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Masquerader is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“It's--it's all right, Loder! It's all right! It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream. But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!” He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
Chapter 12 of The Masquerader is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading “It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.”
slightly wet
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!””
against your will
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
an irritable petulant feeling
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
fasten with a lock
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.”
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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 It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
(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 “It's--it's all right, Loder!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
slightly wet
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
against your will
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
an irritable petulant feeling
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's--it's all right, Loder!
fasten with a lock
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's--it's all right, Loder!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
and nothing more
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It's--it's all right, Loder!
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It's only that I--that I had a beastly dream.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading But, for Heaven's sake, shut that window!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading He shivered involuntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a weak touch of his old irritability.
Chapter 12 of The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 12 holds 415 sentences of The Masquerader, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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