Chapter 10 of The Master of Greylands: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Master of Greylands: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM. Evils do not always come alone. It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen. This was the case at Stilborough. The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
Chapter 10 of The Master of Greylands: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading “It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.”
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading “The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.”
plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “Evils do not always come alone.”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.”
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.”
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading “The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.”
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 sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
only a very short time before
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
an occurrence of something
From this reading This was the case at Stilborough.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
and nothing more
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Evils do not always come alone.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading JUST AS SHE HAD SEEN IT IN HER DREAM.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was the case at Stilborough.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It sometimes happens that before one astounding ill is barely glanced at, another has fallen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was the case at Stilborough.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the case at Stilborough.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The town awoke one morning to find that the bank had stopped payment, and that the banker was dead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the case at Stilborough.
Chapter 10 of The Master of Greylands: A Novel by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 383 sentences, grouped into 77 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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