Chapter VIII of The Millionaire Mystery, “An Important Interview,” is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII of The Millionaire Mystery, “An Important Interview,” is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue. "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing. Yet it never entered my head!" She stopped and grew suddenly furious. "My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"
Chapter VIII of The Millionaire Mystery, “An Important Interview,” is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “"Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “She stopped and grew suddenly furious.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.”
past form of “guess” — expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “"Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “"Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.”
performs some wicked deed
From this reading “"My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"”
the act of creating written works
From this reading “"Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Yet it never entered my head!"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
past form of “guess” — expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Yet it never entered my head!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yet it never entered my head!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading She stopped and grew suddenly furious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
which person or people
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female
From this reading "Well, I never!" gasped the widow, who, womanlike, was the first to find her tongue.
performs some wicked deed
From this reading "My husband, you wretch!--have you killed him?"
the act of creating written works
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet it never entered my head!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is it really you, Billy?--but I might have guessed it, from your writing.
Chapter 8 of The Millionaire Mystery by Fergus Hume holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 8 holds 223 sentences of The Millionaire Mystery, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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