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Garry Grayson at Lenox High
Garry Grayson at Lenox High

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edward Stratemeyer • Curated US English Learning Edition
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STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.
"He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.
"He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."
"All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.
"He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."
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Garry Grayson at Lenox High

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.
Line 2
"He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.
Line 3
"He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."
Line 4
"All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.
Line 5
"He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

carelessly adverb US /ˈkerləsli/

without care or concern

From this reading “"He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forgets verb US /fərˈɡets/

third-person singular of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading “"He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forgives verb US /fərˈɡɪvz/

third-person singular of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness

From this reading “"He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Nick verb US /nɪk/

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading “STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
odds noun US /ɑːdz/

the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring

From this reading “STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
scalp noun US /skælp/

the skin that covers the top of the head

From this reading “STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
struggling adjective US /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading “STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
surmised verb US /sərˈmaɪzd/

past form of “surmise” — infer from incomplete evidence

From this reading “"All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

AGAINST ODDS preposition + noun

In this reading “STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.”

271 times in 426,211 chapters
get away verb + particle

run away from confinement

In this reading “"He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."”

30,003 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 49

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AGAINSTprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
bearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
BillnounUS /bɪl/

a statute in draft before it becomes law

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
carelesslyadverbUS /ˈkerləsli/

without care or concern

From this reading "He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Danter

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Pending verification
didn't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

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forgetsverbUS /fərˈɡets/

third-person singular of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forgivesverbUS /fərˈɡɪvz/

third-person singular of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Garry

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Pending verification
getverbUS /ɡet/

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
getsnounUS /ɡets/

plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hasn't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
he'll

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

Pending verification
He's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

Pending verification
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
kindadjectiveUS /kaɪnd/

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
liftedadjectiveUS /ˈlɪftəd/

held up in the air

From this reading "He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
NickverbUS /nɪk/

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ODDSnounUS /ɑːdz/

the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
returnedverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrnd/

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading "He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

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satisfiedadjectiveUS /ˈsætəsfaɪd/

filled with satisfaction

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
scalpnounUS /skælp/

the skin that covers the top of the head

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Shrugg's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Pending verification
STRUGGLINGadjectiveUS /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
surmisedverbUS /sərˈmaɪzd/

past form of “surmise” — infer from incomplete evidence

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "He's one of the kind that never forgives and never forgets."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
triedadjectiveUS /traɪd/

tested and proved useful or correct

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Trompet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Pending verification
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
warnedverbUS /wɔːrnd/

past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
watchingnounUS /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading "All the same he'll bear watching," surmised Bill.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
won't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Pending verification
yesterdaynounUS /ˈjestərdeɪ/

the day immediately before today

From this reading "He tried to yesterday, but he didn't get away with it."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading "He hasn't lifted it yet," returned Garry carelessly.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading STRUGGLING AGAINST ODDS "Trompet Shrugg's after your scalp and won't be satisfied until he gets it, Garry," warned Nick Danter.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 11 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High by Edward Stratemeyer holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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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Chapter 11 holds 139 sentences of Garry Grayson at Lenox High, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

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