Chapter 3 of Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face. Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask. 'I have told you all I know.' Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders. 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
Chapter 3 of Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading “Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.”
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading “Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.”
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading “For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.”
hide under a false appearance
From this reading “Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.”
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading “Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.”
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 Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
(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 'I have told you all I know.'
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I have told you all I know.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I have told you all I know.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading 'I have told you all I know.'
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
hide under a false appearance
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
in or at that place or location
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading 'I have told you all I know.'
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading 'I am sorry,' he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I have told you all I know.'
Chapter 3 of Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages by Rudyard [Contributor] Kipling holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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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