Chapter 19 of Jack Carstairs of the power house is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Jack Carstairs of the power house is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce. He climbed in. "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there." "Yes, sir." Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
Chapter 19 of Jack Carstairs of the power house is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading “Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.”
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.”
spring back; spring away from an impact
From this reading “Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.”
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “He climbed in.”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “"Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.”
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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 Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
(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 Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
spring back; spring away from an impact
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading He climbed in.
a cart drawn by a dog
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He climbed in.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
not any; not one
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
precisely as stated
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading "Let's go to the village, Bounce, over there."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Lost in thought, Carstairs made his way back to the dogcart and Bounce.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Bounce was all attention to business; he asked no questions, and looked no questions, but his mind was active in a very great wonder.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir."
Chapter 19 of Jack Carstairs of the power house by Sydney Sandys holds 460 sentences, grouped into 92 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 19 holds 460 sentences of Jack Carstairs of the power house, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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