Chapter 13 of A Stolen Name is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Stolen Name is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAYING OF THE GHOST. Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud: “Ho, Chick! Come here!” A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
Chapter 13 of A Stolen Name is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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using the voice; not silently
From this reading “Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:”
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading “A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:”
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading ““Ho, Chick!”
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading “Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.”
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:”
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.
In this reading “A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.”
In this reading “A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.”
In this reading “Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:”
In this reading “Come here!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
(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 A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading “Ho, Chick!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come here!”
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Come here!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading “Ho, Chick!
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
a particular point in time
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAYING OF THE GHOST.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nick Carter stepped to the doorway, and called aloud:
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
in or at the place that
From this reading A moment later there were steps along the lower hall, and Chick entered the room where now all were eagerly awaiting him.
Chapter 13 of A Stolen Name by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 13 holds 95 sentences of A Stolen Name, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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