Chapter 7 of The Red House Mystery: The Piccadilly Novels is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Red House Mystery: The Piccadilly Novels is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A sense of faintness crept over her. By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening. A great horror took possession of her. Why should he haunt her so? What was she to him?
Chapter 7 of The Red House Mystery: The Piccadilly Novels is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “A sense of faintness crept over her.”
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
From this reading “A sense of faintness crept over her.”
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
From this reading “Why should he haunt her so?”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “A great horror took possession of her.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.”
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading “A great horror took possession of her.”
the power to foresee the future
From this reading “By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.”
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In this reading “A great horror took possession of her.”
In this reading “A sense of faintness crept over her.”
In this reading “By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.”
In this reading “By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.”
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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 A sense of faintness crept over her.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
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From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great horror took possession of her.
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
From this reading Why should he haunt her so?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why should he haunt her so?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What was she to him?
intense and profound fear
From this reading A great horror took possession of her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
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 By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
above and across; more than
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading A great horror took possession of her.
the power to foresee the future
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading A sense of faintness crept over her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should he haunt her so?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why should he haunt her so?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
in or at that place or location
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was she to him?
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading A great horror took possession of her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was she to him?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was she to him?
which person or people
From this reading By some strange prescience, she knew who stood behind there in the darkness, concealed, listening.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should he haunt her so?
Chapter 7 of The Red House Mystery: The Piccadilly Novels by Duchess holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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