Chapter 1 of A Boy Knight is here in full — 861 sentences across 173 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of A Boy Knight is here in full — 861 sentences across 173 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J. New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen. Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High. One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket. He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
Chapter 1 of A Boy Knight is here in full — 861 sentences across 173 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a line of approach
From this reading “Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.”
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
From this reading “Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.”
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading “MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.”
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place so as to be noticed
In this reading “He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.”
In this reading “Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.”
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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 New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
a line of approach
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
take the midday meal
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.
an educational institution
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading MARTIN J. SCOTT, S. J.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school--the Regal High.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York P. J. Kenedy & Sons IT was late November and a little snow had fallen.
Chapter 1 of A Boy Knight by Martin J. (Martin Jerome) Scott holds 861 sentences, grouped into 173 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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