Chapter 5 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent. Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one: "Is it possible? Can they have murdered.... Can they have murdered my father?"
Chapter 5 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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determine the number or amount of
From this reading “"WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.”
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading “Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:”
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading “Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “Can they have murdered....”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:”
capable of happening or existing
From this reading “"Is it possible?”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “"WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.”
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
From this reading “Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can they have murdered....
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
determine the number or amount of
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Can they have murdered my father?"
in fear
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Can they have murdered....
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is it possible?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Is it possible?
killed unlawfully
From this reading Can they have murdered....
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Can they have murdered my father?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
capable of happening or existing
From this reading "Is it possible?
marked by absence of sound
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Can they have murdered....
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
the words that are spoken
From this reading Dorothy murmured fearfully, full of the dread with which the utterance of certain words inspired one:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "WE WILL HELP YOU" The Count was silent.
Chapter 5 of The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc holds 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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 5 holds 380 sentences of The Secret Tomb, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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.
Work through the 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 76 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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