Chapter 4 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XII. DWIGHT POLLARD. Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience! --HAMLET. He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
Chapter 4 of The Mill Mystery is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!”
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading “--HAMLET.”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!”
a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
From this reading “DWIGHT POLLARD.”
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!”
close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
From this reading “He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.”
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading “He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.”
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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 Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
(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 He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
an old form of “does”
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DWIGHT POLLARD.
the organ of sight
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading --HAMLET.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
From this reading DWIGHT POLLARD.
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
having a supporting base
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Oh, 'tis too true! how smart A lash that speech doth give my conscience!
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was standing with his back to me, and to all appearance was unconscious that he was under the surveillance of any eye.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading XII.
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