Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened. I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind. He was heading straight for his house. “Is it gone?” I asked.
Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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annoying and unpleasant
From this reading “One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.”
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
From this reading “He was heading straight for his house.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.”
being the only one; single and isolated from others
From this reading “I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.”
according to the clock
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.”
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In this reading “One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.”
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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 One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked.
for the reason that
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
next to; at the side of
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
annoying and unpleasant
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
divisible by two
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Is it gone?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
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From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
being the only one; single and isolated from others
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
according to the clock
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
successive (without a break)
From this reading He was heading straight for his house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I hurried up to walk beside Mark because it was lonesome behind.
at the time that
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading One o’clock in the morning is a creepy time, even if the moon is shining, and it’s a good sight more creepy when you know something has happened.
Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 11 holds 204 sentences of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies by Clarence Budington Kelland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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