Chapter 12 of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?” Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure. “Why, it couldn’t be.” He went quickly to the door to test it for himself. “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
Chapter 12 of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
From this reading “RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?””
a small nail
From this reading “Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.”
the speech act of making something evident
From this reading “Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.”
plural of “rule” — a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading “RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?””
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.”
trying something to find out about it
From this reading “He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.”
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading ““We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.”
deprived of courage and strength
From this reading ““We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.”
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 “He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
From this reading RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Why, it couldn’t be.”
a small nail
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it couldn’t be.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
the speech act of making something evident
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Why, it couldn’t be.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?”
with speed
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
recurring again and again
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
plural of “rule” — a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading RULES OF BASKETBALL “Locked?”
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading Brad repeated, stunned by Dan’s disclosure.
trying something to find out about it
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
forced to turn and face attackers
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
deprived of courage and strength
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’re trapped in here,” Dan gasped, truly unnerved.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He went quickly to the door to test it for himself.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, it couldn’t be.”
Chapter 12 of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 12 holds 190 sentences of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Dan Carter and the Cub Honor by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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