Chapter 4 of The Master of the Ceremonies is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Master of the Ceremonies is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child. "Whose is she?" "Dunno. Ask the missus." "And she won't tell me, Dick."
Chapter 4 of The Master of the Ceremonies is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Ask the missus."”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “"Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"And she won't tell me, Dick."”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “"Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.”
informal term of address for someone's wife
From this reading “Ask the missus."”
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading “"Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “"Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “"Whose is she?"”
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.
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Ask the missus."
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "And she won't tell me, Dick."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dunno.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Whose is she?"
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And she won't tell me, Dick."
informal term of address for someone's wife
From this reading Ask the missus."
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Whose is she?"
express in words
From this reading "And she won't tell me, Dick."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
belonging to which person
From this reading "Whose is she?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And she won't tell me, Dick."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," said Morton, looking down and playing with the child.
Chapter 4 of The Master of the Ceremonies by George Manville Fenn holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 404 sentences of The Master of the Ceremonies, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Master of the Ceremonies by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
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