Chapter 7 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FOOT RACE. “There’s something mysterious going on.” Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention. “Anything new?” “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
Chapter 7 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading “Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
plural of “happening” — an event that happens
From this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading ““There’s something mysterious going on.””
plural of “rumor” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading “Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.”
plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
From this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
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In this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
In this reading ““Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.””
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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 A FOOT RACE.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
any thing at all
From this reading “Anything new?”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading A FOOT RACE.
the act of departing
From this reading “There’s something mysterious going on.”
plural of “happening” — an event that happens
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
immediately past
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
of an obscure nature
From this reading “There’s something mysterious going on.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “Anything new?”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
not any; not one
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “There’s something mysterious going on.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
any competition
From this reading A FOOT RACE.
plural of “rumor” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There’s something mysterious going on.”
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s something mysterious going on.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Martin was the speaker, and Amos was listening, all attention.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, there’s rumors around the stables of strange happenings last night, but no one seems to know anything definite.”
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