Chapter 25 of Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_FADE-OUT_ “Jump!” Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey. Doyle braced himself against the floor boards. “I’m sticking,” he said. “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
Chapter 25 of Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(used in the plural) the stage of a theater
From this reading “Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.”
positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger
From this reading “Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.”
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “_FADE-OUT_ “Jump!””
be obedient to
From this reading “Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.”
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading ““I’m sticking,” he said.”
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.
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anew
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
(used in the plural) the stage of a theater
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _FADE-OUT_ “Jump!”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m sticking,” he said.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m sticking,” he said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading _FADE-OUT_ “Jump!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
be obedient to
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I’m sticking,” he said.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Flash shouted again as his companion did not obey.
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading “I’m sticking,” he said.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doyle braced himself against the floor boards.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Stop ’em if you can, Flash!”
Chapter 25 of Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk by Frank Bell holds 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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 25 holds 205 sentences of Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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