Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WRECKED! "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick. "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!" "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better. It's an island."
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 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.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “"But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading “"Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “It's an island."”
by chance
From this reading “"But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.”
transport commercially
From this reading “"It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.”
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “"Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “WRECKED!”
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.
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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 "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It's an island."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
a very small circular shape
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading It's an island."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
and nothing more
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
by chance
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
transport commercially
From this reading "It's not a ship, Carl," said Dick.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "But it's something just as good, and perhaps better.
express in words
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading "Ach, du lieber," wailed Carl, "don'd tell me dot!"
destroyed in an accident
From this reading WRECKED!
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 12 holds 116 sentences of Motor Matt's Peril — No. 12, May 15, 1909, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 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 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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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