Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CARL AS BUTTINSKY. "Py shinks, aber dot's funny! Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags. Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?" It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading “It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.”
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
From this reading “Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"”
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading “Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.”
plural of “feller” — a person who fells trees
From this reading “Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “"Py shinks, aber dot's funny!”
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.”
comparative of “odd” — not divisible by two
From this reading “Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.”
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading “Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"”
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 on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.”
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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 Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
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From this reading "Py shinks, aber dot's funny!
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From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CARL AS BUTTINSKY.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
a meddler who tends to butt in
From this reading CARL AS BUTTINSKY.
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From this reading CARL AS BUTTINSKY.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shinks, aber dot's funny!
plural of “feller” — a person who fells trees
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading "Py shinks, aber dot's funny!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
comparative of “odd” — not divisible by two
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shinks, aber dot's funny!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shinks, aber dot's funny!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading Dose fellers look like dey vas birates, or some odder scalawags.
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading Vat vas dey doing, anyvays, in a blace like dis?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews holds 121 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 2 holds 121 sentences of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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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