Chapter 13 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?" "It certainly is. I'll have some more of that steak." "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me." "Those eggs aren't so bad.
Chapter 13 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading “"Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “"Those eggs aren't so bad.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “"It certainly is.”
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading “"Those eggs aren't so bad.”
a small quantity of anything
From this reading “"Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."”
a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
From this reading “I'll have some more of that steak."”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “"Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."”
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.
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In this reading “THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"”
In this reading “THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"”
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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 THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
(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 THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those eggs aren't so bad.
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "Those eggs aren't so bad.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "It certainly is.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading "Those eggs aren't so bad.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
and nothing more
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
a small quantity of anything
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
express in words
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Those eggs aren't so bad.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'll have some more of that steak."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE HAND IN THE DARK "Say, this is a little bit of all right; isn't it?"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Those eggs aren't so bad.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Another morsel of bacon would just about suit me."
Chapter 13 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car by Howard Roger Garis holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 143 sentences of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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