Chapter 33 of Andy Grant's Pluck is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of Andy Grant's Pluck is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SUDDEN TRAGEDY. The driver pulled up short. The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window. Instantly a change came over his face. "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
Chapter 33 of Andy Grant's Pluck is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading “The driver pulled up short.”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “"We are all dead men!" he groaned.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Instantly a change came over his face.”
easily agitated
From this reading “The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “The driver pulled up short.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.”
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “A SUDDEN TRAGEDY.”
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 A SUDDEN TRAGEDY.
(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 "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Instantly a change came over his face.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Instantly a change came over his face.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading The driver pulled up short.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Instantly a change came over his face.
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Instantly a change came over his face.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
the force of workers available
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
easily agitated
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
above and across; more than
From this reading Instantly a change came over his face.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading The driver pulled up short.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The driver pulled up short.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading A SUDDEN TRAGEDY.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The driver pulled up short.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading A SUDDEN TRAGEDY.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The driver pulled up short.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We are all dead men!" he groaned.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The passengers realized that something had happened, and the nervous man put his head out of the window.
Chapter 33 of Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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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