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The Window at the White Cat

Chapter XVI

Chapter 16 of The Window at the White Cat is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Mary Roberts Rinehart • Curated US English Learning Edition
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ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.
I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.
At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.
"Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"
I repeated.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Window at the White Cat

Chapter XVI

Chapter 16 of The Window at the White Cat is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.
Line 2
I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.
/aɪ went tuː ðə ˈɔːfɪs ˈɜːrli ˈæŋkʃəs tuː ɡet maɪ mɔːr ˈpresɪŋ ˈbɪznəs aʊt ʌv ðə weɪ tuː hæv ðə ˌæftərˈnuːn wɪð ˈbɜːrtən tuː ˌɪnˈspekt ðə ˈwerhaʊs/
Line 3
At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.
/æt naɪn əˈklɑːk keɪm ə kɔːl frʌm ðə mɔːrɡ/
Line 4
"Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"
/smɔːl ˈwʊmən wel drest ɡreɪ her/
Line 5
I repeated.
/aɪ rɪˈpiːtɪd/

Learner Dictionary

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.

Burton noun US /ˈbɜːrtən/

English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

From this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Burton's noun US /ˈbɜːrtənz/

possessive form of “burton” — English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

From this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
disappearance noun US /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/

the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

From this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
exploiting verb US /ˈeksplɔɪtɪŋ/

-ing form of “exploit” — use or manipulate to one's advantage

From this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inspect verb US /ˌɪnˈspekt/

look over carefully

From this reading “I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
morgue noun US /mɔːrɡ/

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

From this reading “At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
twenty-two noun US /ˈtwentituː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one

From this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
warehouse noun US /ˈwerhaʊs/

a storehouse for goods and merchandise

From this reading “I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

next morning adjective + noun

In this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

52,521 times in 426,211 chapters
gray hair noun + noun

In this reading “"Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"”

3,310 times in 426,211 chapters
bear fruit verb + noun

In this reading “ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.”

757 times in 426,211 chapters
pressing business noun + noun

In this reading “I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.”

292 times in 426,211 chapters
well dressed adverb + adjective

In this reading “"Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"”

2,268 times in 426,211 chapters
At nine preposition + noun

In this reading “At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.”

5,966 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 50

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
afternoonnounUS /ˌæftərˈnuːn/

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
AGAINadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
anxiousadjectiveUS /ˈæŋkʃəs/

eagerly desirous

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
bearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beganverbUS /bɪˈɡæn/

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
BurtonnounUS /ˈbɜːrtən/

English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Burton'snounUS /ˈbɜːrtənz/

possessive form of “burton” — English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
businessnounUS /ˈbɪznəs/

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
disappearancenounUS /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/

the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
dressedadjectiveUS /drest/

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ELEVENadjectiveUS /ɪˈlevən/

being one more than ten

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
exploitingverbUS /ˈeksplɔɪtɪŋ/

-ing form of “exploit” — use or manipulate to one's advantage

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
fruitnounUS /fruːt/

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
getverbUS /ɡet/

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
graynounUS /ɡreɪ/

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hairnounUS /her/

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ideanounUS /aɪˈdiːə/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inspectverbUS /ˌɪnˈspekt/

look over carefully

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Jane's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

Pending verification
MissverbUS /mɪs/

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
morguenounUS /mɔːrɡ/

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ninenounUS /naɪn/

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/

according to the clock

From this reading At nine o'clock came a call from the morgue.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
officenounUS /ˈɔːfɪs/

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
pressingnounUS /ˈpresɪŋ/

the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
repeatedadjectiveUS /rɪˈpiːtɪd/

recurring again and again

From this reading I repeated.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SmalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
TWENTY-TWOnounUS /ˈtwentituː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one

From this reading ELEVEN TWENTY-TWO AGAIN Burton's idea of exploiting Miss Jane's disappearance began to bear fruit the next morning.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
warehousenounUS /ˈwerhaʊs/

a storehouse for goods and merchandise

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
welladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I went to the office early, anxious to get my more pressing business out of the way, to have the afternoon with Burton to inspect the warehouse.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
womannounUS /ˈwʊmən/

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading "Small woman, well dressed, gray hair?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Chapter 16 of The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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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Chapter 16 holds 107 sentences of The Window at the White Cat, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.

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