Chapter 1 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC. ETC. THE ALARM. Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning. --MRS.
Chapter 1 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 403 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.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “THE ALARM.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.”
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading “Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.”
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 AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading THE ALARM.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
an occurrence of something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading --MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," "HAND AND RING," ETC.
Chapter 1 of The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green holds 403 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 1 holds 403 sentences of The Mill Mystery, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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