Chapter 21 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Where is my wife?” “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.” “She didn’t wire me?” “No, sir.” “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
Chapter 21 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 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.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading ““Perhaps she wasn’t able?””
any strong feeling
From this reading ““Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.””
having a debilitating effect
From this reading ““Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.””
by chance
From this reading ““Perhaps she wasn’t able?””
term of address for a man
From this reading ““Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.””
the state of being asleep
From this reading ““Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.””
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading ““Where is my wife?””
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading ““She didn’t wire me?””
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
later than; following
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
any strong feeling
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
having a debilitating effect
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, sir.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps she wasn’t able?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Where is my wife?”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “She didn’t wire me?”
Chapter 21 of The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green holds 188 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 21 holds 188 sentences of The Mayor's Wife, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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