Chapter 21 of Dick Merriwell Abroad is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Dick Merriwell Abroad is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST STROKE. The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge. She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone. “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick. “He should have left a note, at least.”
Chapter 21 of Dick Merriwell Abroad is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small nail
From this reading ““Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.”
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading ““Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.”
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading “The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.”
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading “The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.”
a brief written record
From this reading ““He should have left a note, at least.””
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading “THE LAST STROKE.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.”
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 “She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.”
In this reading “THE LAST STROKE.”
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 “He should have left a note, at least.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “He should have left a note, at least.”
a youthful male person
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
a small nail
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
a young female
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
destroyed or killed
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He should have left a note, at least.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He should have left a note, at least.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST STROKE.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
not any; not one
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
a brief written record
From this reading “He should have left a note, at least.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “He should have left a note, at least.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading THE LAST STROKE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST STROKE.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading She had not seen them go, and she had not the least idea whither they had gone.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The landlady was called, but she declared that the boy and girl had left without her knowledge.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Strange Brad left no word,” said Dick.
Chapter 21 of Dick Merriwell Abroad by Burt L. Standish holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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