Chapter 17 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels. To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word. The footpad theory she dismissed. It was absurd. But the suicide theory impressed her.
Chapter 17 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “avert” — prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
From this reading “To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.”
release after a security has been paid
From this reading “HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.”
official routes of communication
From this reading “HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.”
plural of “clue” — a slight indication
From this reading “HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.”
having lost your job
From this reading “The footpad theory she dismissed.”
Canadian hockey player (born 1948)
From this reading “HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.”
the act of killing yourself
From this reading “But the suicide theory impressed her.”
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.”
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In this reading “To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.”
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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 To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading It was absurd.
later than; following
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
past form of “avert” — prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the suicide theory impressed her.
an occurrence of something
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
official routes of communication
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
plural of “clue” — a slight indication
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
having lost your job
From this reading The footpad theory she dismissed.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
a highwayman who robs on foot
From this reading The footpad theory she dismissed.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
deeply or markedly affected or influenced
From this reading But the suicide theory impressed her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was absurd.
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From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
Canadian hockey player (born 1948)
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
the act of killing yourself
From this reading But the suicide theory impressed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading The footpad theory she dismissed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was absurd.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading HELD WITHOUT BAIL The theories and clues in the now celebrated case Orr related to Sylvia one after another as they reached him through different channels.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading To the story of Marie Leroy she listened, her face averted, without a word.
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