Chapter 15 of Motor Matt is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Motor Matt is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET." Matt King was on his mettle. Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park. Could he do it? He _could_ and WOULD!
Chapter 15 of Motor Matt is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
From this reading “THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET."”
(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
From this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “Matt King was on his mettle.”
the courage to carry on
From this reading “Matt King was on his mettle.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
From this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
being one more than fifteen
From this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
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In this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
In this reading “Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
From this reading THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could he do it?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Could he do it?
(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET."
being ten more than thirty
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
engage in
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
the courage to carry on
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
being one more than fifteen
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLIGHT OF THE "COMET."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Matt King was on his mettle.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Phoenix was sixteen miles away, and he had, as he figured it, forty minutes to get there and make his way to the park.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He _could_ and WOULD!
Chapter 15 of Motor Matt by Stanley R. Matthews 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 15 holds 131 sentences of Motor Matt, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Motor Matt by Stanley R. Matthews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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