Chapter 10 of Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The rubies are valuable. They are in my safe at the trust company. Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.” I thought this odd. “Don’t come back.
Chapter 10 of Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
not divisible by two
From this reading “I thought this odd.”
plural of “ruby” — a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading ““The rubies are valuable.”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
open the lock of
From this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading ““The rubies are valuable.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
an organization (usually with a commercial bank) that is engaged as a trustee or fiduciary or agent in handling trust funds or estates of custodial arrangements or stock transfers or related services
In this reading “They are in my safe at the trust company.”
be restored
In this reading ““Don’t come back.”
In this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
In this reading “Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.””
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 Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “The rubies are valuable.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Don’t come back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Don’t come back.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t come back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought this odd.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
not divisible by two
From this reading I thought this odd.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
plural of “ruby” — a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “The rubies are valuable.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The rubies are valuable.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I thought this odd.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought this odd.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
the upper part of anything
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading They are in my safe at the trust company.
open the lock of
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading “The rubies are valuable.
precisely as stated
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Before you unlock the box, be very careful to read a letter which lies on top of it; and be sure not to shake the box.”
Chapter 10 of Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools by Frederick Houk [Editor] Law holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 10 holds 416 sentences of Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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