Chapter 7 of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come! My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock. “And I’ve had her up already! The man gave me a lesson!” Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
Chapter 7 of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small house with a single story
From this reading “My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.”
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “The man gave me a lesson!””
a separate part of a whole
From this reading “Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!”
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 “My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.”
In this reading “Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.”
In this reading “Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.”
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 The man gave me a lesson!”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
a small house with a single story
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
divisible by two
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The man gave me a lesson!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
a unit of instruction
From this reading The man gave me a lesson!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man gave me a lesson!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The man gave me a lesson!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “And I’ve had her up already!
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading The Widow in Black “Linda, it’s come!
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Linda almost fell down the steps in her wild excitement at this piece of news.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading My autogiro!” shrieked Ralph Clavering, bursting into the Carltons’ bungalow, without even waiting to knock.
Chapter 7 of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer by Edith Lavell holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 7 holds 212 sentences of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Linda Carlton's Perilous Summer by Edith Lavell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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