Chapter 14 of The Spider's Web is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Spider's Web is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Out of the darkness came the answer: "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy." "That’s up to you," said Guth. "It’ll look like some strikers done it. It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
Chapter 14 of The Spider's Web is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “Out of the darkness came the answer:”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “"I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Out of the darkness came the answer:”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “"I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."”
by chance
From this reading “"I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."”
plural of “striker” — a forward on a soccer team
From this reading “"It’ll look like some strikers done it.”
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In this reading “It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.”
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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 It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
react verbally
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That’s up to you," said Guth.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
by chance
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
have ownership or possession of
From this reading It’s his own fault for bein’ a fool.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That’s up to you," said Guth.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
plural of “striker” — a forward on a soccer team
From this reading "It’ll look like some strikers done it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That’s up to you," said Guth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Out of the darkness came the answer:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I’ll maybe have to croak this guy."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "That’s up to you," said Guth.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That’s up to you," said Guth.
Chapter 14 of The Spider's Web by Reginald Wright Kauffman holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 14 holds 409 sentences of The Spider's Web, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Spider's Web by Reginald Wright Kauffman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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