Chapter 8 of Motor Matt's "Century" Run is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Motor Matt's "Century" Run is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SMOKE-SIGNALS. "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little. "Just made it, Matt. By the skin of our teeth. And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
Chapter 8 of Motor Matt's "Century" Run is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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moving at very high speed
From this reading “"Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.”
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
From this reading “"Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.”
throw away as refuse
From this reading “And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.”
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading “And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “"Just made it, Matt.”
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “"Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.”
past form of “slacken” — become slow or slower
From this reading “"Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “"Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.”
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 “And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.”
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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 "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
moving at very high speed
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the skin of our teeth.
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
throw away as refuse
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
one or the other of two
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Just made it, Matt.
and nothing more
From this reading "Just made it, Matt.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Just made it, Matt.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading "Just made it, Matt.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By the skin of our teeth.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading By the skin of our teeth.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading By the skin of our teeth.
past form of “slacken” — become slow or slower
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SMOKE-SIGNALS.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading By the skin of our teeth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Thunder!" muttered Clip, as the breakneck pace was slackened a little.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we didn't dump their gasoline into the road, either.
Chapter 8 of Motor Matt's "Century" Run by Stanley R. Matthews holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 8 holds 174 sentences of Motor Matt's "Century" Run, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Motor Matt's "Century" Run by Stanley R. Matthews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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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