Chapter 25 of In a New World is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of In a New World is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY. The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin. No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows. In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none. It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
Chapter 25 of In a New World is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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slightly open
From this reading “In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.”
the act of closing something
From this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
the act of locking something up to protect it
From this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading “THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY.”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.”
In this reading “The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.”
In this reading “In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
slightly open
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
the act of closing something
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
a movement into or inward
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
the act of locking something up to protect it
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY.
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
absolutely essential
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
not any; not one
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
not one, and not any
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY.
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY.
in or at that place or location
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading The thief had little difficulty in entering the cabin.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In many cases the doors were left ajar; in some cases there were none.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading No one in the mining settlement thought of locking the outer door or closing the windows.
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