Chapter 6 of Under Cover is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Under Cover is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly. “Because Monty’s devoted to him. They were at school together. And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him. Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
Chapter 6 of Under Cover is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.””
pleasing or delighting
From this reading “Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.””
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading ““Because Monty’s devoted to him.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading ““Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.””
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.”
to a moderate degree
From this reading ““Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.”
an educational institution
From this reading “They were at school together.”
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.
used with question words to convey surprise
In this reading ““Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.”
In this reading “They were at school together.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They were at school together.
for the reason that
From this reading “Because Monty’s devoted to him.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
pleasing or delighting
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
dearly loved
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading “Because Monty’s devoted to him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
divisible by two
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
the force of workers available
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
to a moderate degree
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Because Monty’s devoted to him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Even if I am married, love has not made me blind to other charming men.”
an educational institution
From this reading They were at school together.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were at school together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Because Monty’s devoted to him.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading They were at school together.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were at school together.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Then why on earth have him down here?” her husband asked mildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And also, Michael dear, because I like him and you’ll like him.
Chapter 6 of Under Cover by Wyndham Martyn holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 420 sentences of Under Cover, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Under Cover by Wyndham Martyn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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