Chapter 15 of Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER. To Godfrey the blow was serious. Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again? Could he hope so? No!
Chapter 15 of Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “To Godfrey the blow was serious.”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading “Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.”
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?”
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “To Godfrey the blow was serious.”
not expected or anticipated
From this reading “Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?”
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anew
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
exhale hard
From this reading To Godfrey the blow was serious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could he hope so?
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
at any time
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Godfrey the blow was serious.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Could he hope so?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Could he hope so?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
and nothing more
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
not any; not one
From this reading No!
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading To Godfrey the blow was serious.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Could he hope so?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
not expected or anticipated
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To Godfrey the blow was serious.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would this unexpected chance which had just escaped him ever offer again?
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