Chapter 19 of The Millionaire Mystery is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Millionaire Mystery is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair. Sit down and have some breakfast." "Aha!" The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table. "I never say no to a good offer.
Chapter 19 of The Millionaire Mystery is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
From this reading “A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Sit down and have some breakfast."”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.”
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “"I never say no to a good offer.”
the event of something appearing again
From this reading “A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.”
be seated
From this reading “Sit down and have some breakfast."”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “Sit down and have some breakfast."”
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Aha!"
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I never say no to a good offer.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
a high ranking police officer
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never say no to a good offer.
not any; not one
From this reading "I never say no to a good offer.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading "I never say no to a good offer.
the event of something appearing again
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
express in words
From this reading "I never say no to a good offer.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
be seated
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Sit down and have some breakfast."
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The inspector rubbed his hands as he looked at the well-spread table.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A REAPPEARANCE "I Am glad to see you, Blair.
Chapter 19 of The Millionaire Mystery by Fergus Hume holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 19 holds 196 sentences of The Millionaire Mystery, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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