Chapter 7 of Motor Matt's Daring — No. 2, March 6, 1909 is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Motor Matt's Daring — No. 2, March 6, 1909 is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OVERHAULING THE THIEF. Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace. It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards. "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty. What's the good, anyhow?
Chapter 7 of Motor Matt's Daring — No. 2, March 6, 1909 is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading “It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.”
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading “Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.”
excessively quick
From this reading “"If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.”
-ing form of “overhaul” — travel past
From this reading “OVERHAULING THE THIEF.”
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 “Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.”
gathered for protruding fullness
From this reading “"If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.”
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 “It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.”
In this reading “Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.”
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 It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading What's the good, anyhow?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading What's the good, anyhow?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
excessively quick
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
ten 10s
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
-ing form of “overhaul” — travel past
From this reading OVERHAULING THE THIEF.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
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 Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
gathered for protruding fullness
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Matt, headed in the direction of the canal and Phoenix, set the pace.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OVERHAULING THE THIEF.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading OVERHAULING THE THIEF.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the good, anyhow?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading It was a fast one, and Chub was blowing before they had covered a hundred yards.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you want me to travel with you," puffed Chub, "you'll have to be a little less hasty.
Chapter 7 of Motor Matt's Daring — No. 2, March 6, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 123 sentences of Motor Matt's Daring — No. 2, March 6, 1909, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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