Chapter 27 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Bess, why are you so white? What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours? Have you heard from him?” “No, no; I’m all right.” But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
Chapter 27 of The Mayor's Wife is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “belie” — be in contradiction with
From this reading “But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?”
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading “But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.”
being four more than twenty
From this reading “What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?”
migratory
From this reading “But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.”
a Caucasian
From this reading ““Bess, why are you so white?”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.”
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(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 “No, no; I’m all right.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
past form of “belie” — be in contradiction with
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
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From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
opinion or judgment
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Have you heard from him?”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you heard from him?”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Have you heard from him?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Have you heard from him?”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, no; I’m all right.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
immediately past
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
not any; not one
From this reading “No, no; I’m all right.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “No, no; I’m all right.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
being four more than twenty
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
migratory
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What has happened to you in the last twenty-four hours?
a Caucasian
From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
the words that are spoken
From this reading But her eyes, hunted and wandering, belied her words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Bess, why are you so white?
Chapter 27 of The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green holds 69 sentences, grouped into 14 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 27 holds 69 sentences of The Mayor's Wife, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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