Chapter 24 of The Unseen Bridegroom is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Unseen Bridegroom is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOLLIE'S TRIUMPH. The tableau was magnificent. There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation. All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths. Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
Chapter 24 of The Unseen Bridegroom is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading “Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.”
-ing form of “confront” — oppose, as in hostility or a competition
From this reading “Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.”
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.”
a native or inhabitant of Denmark
From this reading “Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “MOLLIE'S TRIUMPH.”
absolutely still
From this reading “All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.”
past form of “subside” — wear off or die down
From this reading “Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.”
a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
From this reading “The tableau was magnificent.”
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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 There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
(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 All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
-ing form of “confront” — oppose, as in hostility or a competition
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
a native or inhabitant of Denmark
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
opinion or judgment
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
in a literal sense
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
characterized by grandeur
From this reading The tableau was magnificent.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
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From this reading MOLLIE'S TRIUMPH.
plural of “mouth” — the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
absolutely still
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
past form of “subside” — wear off or die down
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
From this reading The tableau was magnificent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tableau was magnificent.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading MOLLIE'S TRIUMPH.
too sacred to be uttered
From this reading There was a dead pause of unutterable consternation.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Before the first electric charge had subsided, Mollie Dane advanced and walked straight up to the confounded doctor, confronting him with eyes that literally blazed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tableau was magnificent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All stood rooted to the spot with staring eyes and open mouths.
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