Chapter 11 of The Secret of the Night is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Secret of the Night is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them. “Two hat-pin holes?” “Yes, two. An old one and a new one. One quite new.
Chapter 11 of The Secret of the Night is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an opening into or through something
From this reading ““Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.”
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading ““Two hat-pin holes?””
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading ““Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “An old one and a new one.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “One quite new.”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading ““Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading ““Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, two.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old one and a new one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An old one and a new one.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
an opening into or through something
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading “Two hat-pin holes?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading An old one and a new one.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading An old one and a new one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading An old one and a new one.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading One quite new.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Madame, it is not a single hat-pin hole; there are two of them.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, two.
Chapter 11 of The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 223 sentences of The Secret of the Night, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 223 sentences, grouped into 45 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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