Chapter 22 of Foul Play is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Foul Play is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side. She was on the White Water Reef. Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water. Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated. All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
Chapter 22 of Foul Play is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading “Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.”
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.”
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.”
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading “Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.”
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading “HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.”
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
From this reading “She was on the White Water Reef.”
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.”
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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 Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
(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 All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
set up or found
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
destroyed or killed
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
From this reading She was on the White Water Reef.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was on the White Water Reef.
transport commercially
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
in or at that place or location
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading All his anger was gone; he had but one thought now--to go out to her assistance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hazel ran down to the beach; and there Helen found him greatly agitated.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Not upon the black rocks themselves, but on a part of them that was under water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HELEN looked up; and there was the ship fast, and on her side.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading She was on the White Water Reef.
a Caucasian
From this reading She was on the White Water Reef.
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