Chapter 26 of Larry Dexter, Reporter is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Larry Dexter, Reporter is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST WARNING “Crack!” Larry fired the revolver. It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger. Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him. “Crack!
Chapter 26 of Larry Dexter, Reporter is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading “Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.”
operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading “It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.”
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “THE LAST WARNING “Crack!””
having lost your job
From this reading “Larry fired the revolver.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “Larry fired the revolver.”
put in motion or move to act
From this reading “It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “THE LAST WARNING “Crack!””
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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on everybody's mind
In this reading “Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
(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 It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading THE LAST WARNING “Crack!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
having lost your job
From this reading Larry fired the revolver.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Larry fired the revolver.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST WARNING “Crack!”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading Larry fired the revolver.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Right at the face of the lion he aimed it, as the animal was in the air above him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST WARNING “Crack!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
put in motion or move to act
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
a message informing of danger
From this reading THE LAST WARNING “Crack!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was an automatic one, and all he had to do was to pull the trigger.
Chapter 26 of Larry Dexter, Reporter by Howard Roger Garis holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 26 holds 131 sentences of Larry Dexter, Reporter, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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