Chapter 6 of The perfume of the lady in black is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The perfume of the lady in black is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time. I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping. What was he planning? How quiet he was! What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
Chapter 6 of The perfume of the lady in black is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading “What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?”
an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons
From this reading “PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.”
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading “PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.”
a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta
From this reading “PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.”
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading “What was he planning?”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.”
past form of “wager” — stake on the outcome of an issue
From this reading “I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.”
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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 What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
(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 PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
a youthful male person
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
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From this reading How quiet he was!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading What was he planning?
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading How quiet he was!
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
the state of being asleep
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
with low volume
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What could it be that had given him such a strange calmness?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading PANIC Dijon--Macon--Lyons--certainly the boy could not be sleeping all this time.
past form of “wager” — stake on the outcome of an issue
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was he planning?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I called him softly and he did not reply, but I would have wagered my hand that he was not sleeping.
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