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Chapter 13 of The Secret of the Night is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I desire to smoke a pipe. “Ah, a pipe! Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem? I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.” “I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.
Chapter 13 of The Secret of the Night is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the largest city and former capital of Turkey
From this reading “Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?”
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
From this reading “Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?”
filled or impregnated with perfume
From this reading “Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?”
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading ““I desire to smoke a pipe.”
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.””
like better; value more highly
From this reading ““I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.”
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading “Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?”
interact in a certain way
From this reading “Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?”
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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 desire to smoke a pipe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, a pipe!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.
the largest city and former capital of Turkey
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading “I desire to smoke a pipe.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I desire to smoke a pipe.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
filled or impregnated with perfume
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “I desire to smoke a pipe.
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
like better; value more highly
From this reading “I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I prefer caporal,” replied Rouletabille.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “I desire to smoke a pipe.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I desire to smoke a pipe.
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
interact in a certain way
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will get enough for you, if you like it, to smoke ten thousand pipes full.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you want some yellow perfumed tobacco that I receive every month from Constantinople, a treat right from the harem?
Chapter 13 of The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 13 holds 212 sentences of The Secret of the Night, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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