Chapter 10 of The Vanishing of Tera is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Vanishing of Tera is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave. He sat down again. He was too much taken aback to speak. Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind. "You paid my debts?
Chapter 10 of The Vanishing of Tera is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading “He was too much taken aback to speak.”
without doubt or question
From this reading “Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.”
(of information) make known; pass on
From this reading “Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.”
plural of “debt” — the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading “"You paid my debts?”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.”
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading “A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.”
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading “Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.”
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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 A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
anew
From this reading He sat down again.
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From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
without doubt or question
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
(of information) make known; pass on
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
plural of “debt” — the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading "You paid my debts?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He sat down again.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat down again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
go away from a place
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You paid my debts?
not any; not one
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading "You paid my debts?
a separate part of a whole
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
recurring again and again
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat down again.
express in speech
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A FRESH PIECE OF EVIDENCE Johnson made no further attempt to leave.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was too much taken aback to speak.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet mechanically he repeated the words of Miss Arnott, as if the more clearly to convey their meaning to his mind.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You paid my debts?
Chapter 10 of The Vanishing of Tera by Fergus Hume holds 289 sentences, grouped into 58 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.
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