Chapter 6 of The painted room is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The painted room is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva? Did you know he was going to be there?" She might have asked that question the following Wednesday. Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake. She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.
Chapter 6 of The painted room is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?”
without deviation
From this reading “She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.”
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
From this reading “Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.”
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading “Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?”
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading “She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.”
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.
In this reading “Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.”
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happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
without deviation
From this reading She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
the act of departing
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
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From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
by chance
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Did you know he was going to be there?"
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading She might have asked that question the following Wednesday.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She should have asked Martha directly what had happened there.
in or at the place that
From this reading Perhaps that was where she had made her great mistake.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Afterwards she sometimes thought that she should have said to Martha: "Did you see Mr. Quin at Geneva?
Chapter 6 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 412 sentences of The painted room, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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