Chapter 24 of I Spy is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of I Spy is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE "Dead!" The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney. "Shot through the heart." He turned to his silent companions. "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
Chapter 24 of I Spy is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 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 “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “He turned to his silent companions.”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.”
having lost your job
From this reading “"Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.”
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading “RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE "Dead!"”
in a menacing manner
From this reading “"Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “"Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “"Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.”
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
From this reading “The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
plural of “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE "Dead!"
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
having lost your job
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Shot through the heart."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE "Dead!"
in a menacing manner
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
above and across; more than
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
From this reading RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE "Dead!"
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading "Shot through the heart."
marked by absence of sound
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Shot through the heart."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned to his silent companions.
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
From this reading The detective bent over Mrs. Whitney.
which person or people
From this reading "Who fired that revolver?" and his own covered Miller menacingly.
Chapter 24 of I Spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 24 holds 188 sentences of I Spy, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of I Spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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