Chapter 8 of The Mystery of Murray Davenport is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of The Mystery of Murray Davenport is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence. Larcher spoke first. “He's always prompt to the minute. He may be coming now.”
Chapter 8 of The Mystery of Murray Davenport is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “He may be coming now.””
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.”
third-person singular of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.”
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading “LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading ““He's always prompt to the minute.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading ““He's always prompt to the minute.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Larcher spoke first.”
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “He's always prompt to the minute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He may be coming now.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading He may be coming now.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Larcher spoke first.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He may be coming now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's always prompt to the minute.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
third-person singular of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He may be coming now.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “He's always prompt to the minute.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He may be coming now.”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
give an incentive for action
From this reading “He's always prompt to the minute.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Larcher spoke first.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LARCHER INQUIRES Larcher and the landlady stood gazing at each other in silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He's always prompt to the minute.
Chapter 8 of The Mystery of Murray Davenport by Robert Neilson Stephens holds 352 sentences, grouped into 71 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.
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