Chapter 16 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round. She was a prisoner. "I made no mistake," she thought. "They are the masters of the field of battle. But what has become of the others?"
Chapter 16 of The Secret Tomb is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “"They are the masters of the field of battle.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “But what has become of the others?"”
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “"They are the masters of the field of battle.”
United States poet (1869-1950)
From this reading “"They are the masters of the field of battle.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “"I made no mistake," she thought.”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “She was a prisoner.”
one of four equal parts
From this reading “THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.”
the last fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth
In this reading “THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "They are the masters of the field of battle.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading "They are the masters of the field of battle.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading But what has become of the others?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what has become of the others?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading "They are the masters of the field of battle.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what has become of the others?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I made no mistake," she thought.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "I made no mistake," she thought.
United States poet (1869-1950)
From this reading "They are the masters of the field of battle.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading "I made no mistake," she thought.
not any; not one
From this reading "I made no mistake," she thought.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But what has become of the others?"
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading She was a prisoner.
one of four equal parts
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a prisoner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They are the masters of the field of battle.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I made no mistake," she thought.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading THE LAST QUARTER OF A MINUTE Dorothy did not turn round.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a prisoner.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what has become of the others?"
Chapter 16 of The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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 16 holds 472 sentences of The Secret Tomb, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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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