Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Bravery is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Bravery is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A THRILLING ACCUSATION. The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy. The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm. Exclamations were heard on all sides. "Black Harry!"
Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Bravery is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
From this reading “A THRILLING ACCUSATION.”
the act of causing something to happen
From this reading “The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.”
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “Exclamations were heard on all sides.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.”
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading “A THRILLING ACCUSATION.”
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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 A THRILLING ACCUSATION.
a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
From this reading A THRILLING ACCUSATION.
(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 Exclamations were heard on all sides.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Black Harry!"
a youthful male person
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
make calm or still
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
the act of causing something to happen
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading Exclamations were heard on all sides.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading "Black Harry!"
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Exclamations were heard on all sides.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Exclamations were heard on all sides.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
a shaky motion
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Exclamations were heard on all sides.
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
in a strange manner
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading A THRILLING ACCUSATION.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Exclamations were heard on all sides.
during the time that
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
belonging to which person
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The man with the revolver was quivering with excitement, while Frank, at whose head the weapon was held, seemed strangely calm.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The words rang through the car, startling the passengers, and causing them to stare in astonishment at the man and the boy.
Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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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