Chapter 18 of The traitor's way is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The traitor's way is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARIE “WHAT! Do you not stay for dinner?” It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse. He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes. “No!”
Chapter 18 of The traitor's way is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
an entrance that can be closed by a gate
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading “It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.”
a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
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 “He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.”
In this reading “Do you not stay for dinner?””
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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 He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
an entrance that can be closed by a gate
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARIE “WHAT!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
not any; not one
From this reading “No!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
above and across; more than
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading MARIE “WHAT!
which person or people
From this reading It was de Bresy who spoke as I was mounting my horse.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was leaning over the parapet that crowned the gateway, and looking down at me with a curious, suspicious glance in his eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you not stay for dinner?”
Chapter 18 of The traitor's way by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats holds 277 sentences, grouped into 56 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 18 holds 277 sentences of The traitor's way, unabridged, divided into 56 reading sections.
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