Chapter 33 of The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HOUND AGAIN. The clamour ceased. Just for a moment an intense silence followed. Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood. Silva cursed himself for his folly.
Chapter 33 of The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading “The clamour ceased.”
fall or come down violently
From this reading “Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “Silva cursed himself for his folly.”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “Silva cursed himself for his folly.”
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading “THE HOUND AGAIN.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.”
the forest trees growing in a country or region
From this reading “Silva cursed himself for his folly.”
the act of chipping something
From this reading “Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.”
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 “Just for a moment an intense silence followed.”
temporarily
In this reading “Just for a moment an intense silence followed.”
In this reading “Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
anew
From this reading THE HOUND AGAIN.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading The clamour ceased.
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading The clamour ceased.
fall or come down violently
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading Silva cursed himself for his folly.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading Silva cursed himself for his folly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Silva cursed himself for his folly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Silva cursed himself for his folly.
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading THE HOUND AGAIN.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
and nothing more
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
a particular point in time
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Just for a moment an intense silence followed.
the forest trees growing in a country or region
From this reading Silva cursed himself for his folly.
the act of chipping something
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUND AGAIN.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Then there came the murmur of voices from without and the crash of splintering wood.
Chapter 33 of The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 33 holds 112 sentences of The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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