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Chapter 13 of The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club. Mr. Murbles was very much subdued. Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory. They had found the scratches. They had found the nail in the seat of the chair.
Chapter 13 of The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
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From this reading They had found the nail in the seat of the chair.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
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From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading They had found the scratches.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had found the scratches.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had found the nail in the seat of the chair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading Mr. Murbles was very much subdued.
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From this reading Mr. Murbles was very much subdued.
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From this reading Mr. Murbles was very much subdued.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had found the nail in the seat of the chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
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From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had found the scratches.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had found the nail in the seat of the chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Murbles was very much subdued.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had found the scratches.
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From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Murbles was very much subdued.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
at the time that
From this reading _Spades Are Trumps_ It was close on one o'clock when the three men emerged from the solemn portals of the Bellona Club.
belonging to which person
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wimsey and Parker displayed the sober elation of men whose calculations have proved satisfactory.
