Chapter 12 of The White Cat is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The White Cat is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Chester, I’d like to send her a message. Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!" "It will do no good," I replied. "It will do no harm," she insisted. "I may never have another chance.
Chapter 12 of The White Cat is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “"I may never have another chance.”
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading “"Chester, I’d like to send her a message.”
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading “Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “"It will do no harm," she insisted.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “"It will do no harm," she insisted.”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “"Chester, I’d like to send her a message.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “"It will do no good," I replied.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “"Chester, I’d like to send her a message.”
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 “Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "I may never have another chance.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading "I may never have another chance.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading "It will do no harm," she insisted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I may never have another chance.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading "It will do no harm," she insisted.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
and nothing more
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "I may never have another chance.
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
not any; not one
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It will do no harm," she insisted.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Chester, I’d like to send her a message.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "It will do no good," I replied.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just think, I’ve never had any communication with her!"
Chapter 12 of The White Cat by Gelett Burgess holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 410 sentences of The White Cat, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The White Cat by Gelett Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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