Chapter V of Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Johnny’s Think-O-Graphs,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter V of Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Johnny’s Think-O-Graphs,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet. “It’s still there. The thought-camera is no dream. But will it record thoughts for me? That’s the question.”
Chapter V of Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Johnny’s Think-O-Graphs,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “The thought-camera is no dream.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading “But will it record thoughts for me?”
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “But will it record thoughts for me?”
push forcefully
From this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
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In this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
In this reading ““Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.”
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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 “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading The thought-camera is no dream.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The thought-camera is no dream.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s still there.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
not any; not one
From this reading The thought-camera is no dream.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading That’s the question.”
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
not in physical motion
From this reading “It’s still there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s the question.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The thought-camera is no dream.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “It’s still there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The thought-camera is no dream.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
push forcefully
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But will it record thoughts for me?
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes,” Johnny whispered to himself as he thrust his hand deep into a dark corner of his closet.
Chapter 5 of Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 5 holds 78 sentences of Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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