Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909 is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909 is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE ROAD. Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face. The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him. With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position. Matt moved the handkerchief and again held it over his face.
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909 is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading “The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.”
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.”
-ing form of “gurgle” — flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
From this reading “With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.”
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading “Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.”
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
From this reading “Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.”
past form of “shift” — make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.”
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
From this reading “The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.”
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 “Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.”
travelling about
In this reading “ON THE ROAD.”
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 With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
anew
From this reading Matt moved the handkerchief and again held it over his face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
-ing form of “gurgle” — flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Matt moved the handkerchief and again held it over his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Matt moved the handkerchief and again held it over his face.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE ROAD.
above and across; more than
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading ON THE ROAD.
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
past form of “shift” — make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE ROAD.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kneeling beside Klegg, Matt leaned over and held the saturated handkerchief close to his face.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fumes were strong, and seemed to strangle him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a gurgling grunt he shifted his position.
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 143 sentences of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Red Flyer — No. 6, April 3, 1909 by Stanley R. Matthews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 29 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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