Chapter 12 of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes. You could not see your feet. You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves. The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting. You had felt it in worse places.
Chapter 12 of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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providing freedom from worry
From this reading “The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.”
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
From this reading “You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.”
a public toilet for men
possessive form of “parker” — United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
From this reading “The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.”
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
From this reading “The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.”
past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading “You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.”
morally reprehensible
From this reading “The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
providing freedom from worry
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could not see your feet.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading You could not see your feet.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading You had felt it in worse places.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You had felt it in worse places.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You had felt it in worse places.
a public toilet for men
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You could not see your feet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
above and across; more than
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
possessive form of “parker” — United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading You had felt it in worse places.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You could not see your feet.
past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
morally reprehensible
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading You stumbled in your walk over poor men’s graves.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The feel of Parker’s old trench-coat beneath your fingers was comforting.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading You had felt it in worse places.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You could not see your feet.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The vile, raw fog tore your throat and ravaged your eyes.
Chapter 12 of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel by Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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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