Chapter 7 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant. Then a flush rose to his face. He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched. "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly. "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
Chapter 7 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading “He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.”
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading “"This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.”
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading “"But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"”
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading “PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.”
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading “"This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.”
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading “PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.”
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading “"This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.”
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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 PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
lacking funds
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
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From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading He leaped to his feet, his hands clenched.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
a form of address for a man
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
a town in central Arizona
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then a flush rose to his face.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
precisely as stated
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
a Caucasian
From this reading PRESCOTT LAYS A POWDER TRAIL Greg Holmes turned very white for an instant.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "But will you let me question Mr. Griffin?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "This is an infamous, outrageous, lying-----" "Thank you, Greg," Prescott broke in coolly.
Chapter 7 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock 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.
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