Chapter 15 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PUZZLED "Looks bad enough." "Yes, the more so as you come closer." "I don't see any way but to go back." "That's right. Lucky we've got room to turn."
Chapter 15 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."”
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading “"Yes, the more so as you come closer."”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."”
occurring by chance
From this reading “Lucky we've got room to turn."”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Lucky we've got room to turn."”
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “Lucky we've got room to turn."”
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In this reading “PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."”
belong to an earlier time
In this reading “"I don't see any way but to go back."”
In this reading “"Yes, the more so as you come closer."”
In this reading “"I don't see any way but to go back."”
In this reading “"I don't see any way but to go back."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Lucky we've got room to turn."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."
occurring by chance
From this reading Lucky we've got room to turn."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
filled with bewilderment
From this reading PUZZLED "Looks bad enough."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's right.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Lucky we've got room to turn."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Lucky we've got room to turn."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I don't see any way but to go back."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucky we've got room to turn."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes, the more so as you come closer."
Chapter 15 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car by Howard Roger Garis 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.
Chapter 15 holds 138 sentences of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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