Chapter 33 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!" "That's what! Wanting to help us was all part of the trick." "I wonder how they overpowered him? He was a strong man."
Chapter 33 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 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.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."”
plural of “kidnapper” — someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
From this reading “JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"”
past form of “overpower” — overcome by superior force
From this reading “"I wonder how they overpowered him?”
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading “JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"”
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “He was a strong man."”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."”
nonexistent
From this reading “Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “"I wonder how they overpowered him?”
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 “He was a strong man."”
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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 He was a strong man."
(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 Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a strong man."
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
and nothing more
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
plural of “kidnapper” — someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He was a strong man."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
past form of “overpower” — overcome by superior force
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
express in words
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading He was a strong man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's what!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading JUST IN TIME "Say, they're regular kidnappers!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
nonexistent
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wanting to help us was all part of the trick."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That's what!
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "I wonder how they overpowered him?
Chapter 33 of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car by Howard Roger Garis holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 33 holds 108 sentences of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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