Chapter 11 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Doctor? I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down. "Here! what's the matter? Have I been taken ill?" "Ill?
Chapter 11 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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feeling or showing anger
From this reading “I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “"Doctor?”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Have I been taken ill?"”
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “Have I been taken ill?"”
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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 I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Have I been taken ill?"
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "Doctor?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have I been taken ill?"
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here! what's the matter?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Have I been taken ill?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "Here! what's the matter?
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Have I been taken ill?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Here! what's the matter?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I d' know?" cried Lacey, staring in a stupefied way at his servant, and then growing angry at being held down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here! what's the matter?
Chapter 11 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures by George Manville Fenn holds 413 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 11 holds 413 sentences of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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