Chapter 12 of The Stowaway Girl is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Stowaway Girl is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something." "Something pleasant?" "No." "Then why tell me?" "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
Chapter 12 of The Stowaway Girl is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
for the reason that
From this reading “"Because, unhappily, it must be told.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."”
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
From this reading “THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."”
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading “"Something pleasant?"”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “"Because, unhappily, it must be told.”
in an unpleasant way
From this reading “"Because, unhappily, it must be told.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
for the reason that
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
coins made of gold
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then why tell me?"
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
not any; not one
From this reading "No."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading "Something pleasant?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
express in words
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then why tell me?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
in an unpleasant way
From this reading "Because, unhappily, it must be told.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Then why tell me?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE LURE OF GOLD "Philip, I want to tell you something."
Chapter 12 of The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 12 holds 436 sentences of The Stowaway Girl, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
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