Chapter 17 of The Two Destinies is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of The Two Destinies is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"GUIDE! Where are we?" "I can't say for certain." "Have you lost your way?" The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
Chapter 17 of The Two Destinies is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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definite but not specified or identified
From this reading “"I can't say for certain."”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “"GUIDE!”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “"Have you lost your way?"”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.”
express in words
From this reading “"I can't say for certain."”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “"Have you lost your way?"”
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(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 The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Where are we?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't say for certain."
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading "I can't say for certain."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I can't say for certain."
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading "GUIDE!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you lost your way?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can't say for certain."
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading "Have you lost your way?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
express in words
From this reading "I can't say for certain."
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The guide looks slowly all round him, and then looks at me.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Have you lost your way?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Where are we?"
in or at the place that
From this reading Where are we?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you lost your way?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you lost your way?"
Chapter 17 of The Two Destinies by Wilkie Collins holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 150 sentences of The Two Destinies, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Two Destinies by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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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