Chapter 15 of Dick and Dr. Dan is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of Dick and Dr. Dan is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick. “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.” “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara. “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself. I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
Chapter 15 of Dick and Dr. Dan is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading ““Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading ““Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.””
someone who is a detective
From this reading ““Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading ““Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.”
take somebody somewhere
From this reading “I thought I could lead you straight back to it.”
operate an airplane
From this reading ““Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.””
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading ““Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.””
successive (without a break)
From this reading “I thought I could lead you straight back to it.”
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 ““Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.””
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading ““Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.””
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 “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
(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 “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
operate an airplane
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
express in words
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Oh, I feel so ashamed of myself.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, that’s all right!” exclaimed Dick.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I could lead you straight back to it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
at the time that
From this reading “How, when you have never been there?” asked Clara.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Until you were ready to give up, Clara, I didn’t want to say a word, but I think I can pilot the way to the camp.”
Chapter 15 of Dick and Dr. Dan by C. Little holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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 15 holds 70 sentences of Dick and Dr. Dan, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Dick and Dr. Dan by C. Little exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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.
Work through the 14 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 14 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Dick and Dr. Dan by C. Little on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2082 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #68698 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #68698, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 173 minutes of reading across 417 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Dick and Dr. Dan section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 24 chapters of Dick and Dr. Dan to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dick and Dr. Dan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
