Chapter 8 of The Templeton case is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Templeton case is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.” “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute. You begin—don’t wait for me.” Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea. It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
Chapter 8 of The Templeton case is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 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 solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.”
footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)
From this reading “It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.””
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.”
plural of “pay” — something that remunerates
From this reading “Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.””
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.”
very small
From this reading “It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.”
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.
a table where breakfast is eaten
In this reading “Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.”
express without restraint
In this reading “Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.”
In this reading “You begin—don’t wait for me.””
In this reading ““All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.”
In this reading ““All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.”
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 Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading You begin—don’t wait for me.”
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You begin—don’t wait for me.”
footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You begin—don’t wait for me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You begin—don’t wait for me.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
above and across; more than
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
plural of “pay” — something that remunerates
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
in or at or to some place
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
very small
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading You begin—don’t wait for me.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a tiny room, high up in a block of flats, looking over Battersea Park.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maude Wingrave seated herself at the breakfast table and poured out a cup of tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury “Hurry up, Winnie, breakfast is all ready.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “All right,” came a voice from somewhere, “I’ll be with you in a minute.
Chapter 8 of The Templeton case by Victor L. (Victor Lorenzo) Whitechurch holds 328 sentences, grouped into 66 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 8 holds 328 sentences of The Templeton case, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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