Chapter 14 of Frank Reade, Jr., with his new steam horse in the great American desert is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Frank Reade, Jr., with his new steam horse in the great American desert is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END. With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself. It was a wonderful scene. But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said: “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
Chapter 14 of Frank Reade, Jr., with his new steam horse in the great American desert is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.”
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading ““I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.”
past form of “manifest” — provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
From this reading “With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.”
plural of “phenomenon” — any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
From this reading “With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.”
a relatively flat highland
From this reading “But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:”
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading ““I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.”
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.”
a region marking a boundary
From this reading “But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:”
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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 It was a wonderful scene.
anew
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
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From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a wonderful scene.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
past form of “manifest” — provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
plural of “phenomenon” — any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
a relatively flat highland
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
the place where some action occurs
From this reading It was a wonderful scene.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
a region marking a boundary
From this reading But Frank took Captain Elmo to the verge of the plateau and said:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a wonderful scene.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the coming of darkness the curious phenomena of the valley again manifested itself.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It was a wonderful scene.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I told you that I would explain my theory to you to-night.
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