Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Setback is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Setback is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FATE OF SANTENEL. There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven. “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door. “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought. “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Setback is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading ““We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.”
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading ““We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.”
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
From this reading ““A lunatic may be expected to do anything.””
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading “There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading ““Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.”
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
From this reading ““We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.”
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading “There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.”
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In this reading ““Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.”
to come or go into
In this reading ““Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.”
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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 lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
anew
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
any thing at all
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE FATE OF SANTENEL.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “A lunatic may be expected to do anything.”
not any; not one
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FATE OF SANTENEL.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FATE OF SANTENEL.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FATE OF SANTENEL.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
except if; if not
From this reading “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
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 “Unless he goes into the water!” was Frank’s startled thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was no light on the long wharf down which the sleigh was driven.
which person or people
From this reading “We’ve got him now!” said the driver, twisting round on his seat and speaking to Frank, who was again looking out of the cab door.
Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Setback by Burt L. Standish holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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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