Chapter 3 of The Other World is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Other World is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“His name should have been Crichton, not Callan. Anything else?” “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.” “Is that all?” “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
Chapter 3 of The Other World is here in full — 402 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.
any thing at all
From this reading “Anything else?””
of or relating to billiards
From this reading ““He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.””
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
From this reading ““His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading ““He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.””
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading ““That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ““That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.”
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading ““He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.””
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading ““He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.””
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.
game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played
In this reading ““He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.””
In this reading ““That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.”
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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 “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
(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 could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
any thing at all
From this reading Anything else?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
of or relating to billiards
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anything else?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
not any; not one
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “His name should have been Crichton, not Callan.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “He could do tricks on the billiard table, and he knew all that there is to be known about hair-cutting.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That’s all--no, stay! he was a sculptor’s model for some time.
Chapter 3 of The Other World by Frank Frankfort Moore holds 402 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 3 holds 402 sentences of The Other World, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Other World by Frank Frankfort Moore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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