Chapter 2 of Frank Merriwell's danger is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Frank Merriwell's danger is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAN WITH THE GUN. “Something’s wrong!” “Sure pop!” The boys heard a scream. It sounded like the voice of a woman.
Chapter 2 of Frank Merriwell's danger is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “The boys heard a scream.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “THE MAN WITH THE GUN.”
bulge outward
From this reading ““Sure pop!””
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “The boys heard a scream.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “It sounded like the voice of a woman.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ““Sure pop!””
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “It sounded like the voice of a woman.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading ““Something’s wrong!””
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The boys heard a scream.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys heard a scream.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading THE MAN WITH THE GUN.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The boys heard a scream.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE MAN WITH THE GUN.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
bulge outward
From this reading “Sure pop!”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The boys heard a scream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Something’s wrong!”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure pop!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN WITH THE GUN.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE MAN WITH THE GUN.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It sounded like the voice of a woman.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “Something’s wrong!”
Chapter 2 of Frank Merriwell's danger by Burt L. Standish holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 2 holds 114 sentences of Frank Merriwell's danger, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Frank Merriwell's danger by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 114 sentences, grouped into 23 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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