Chapter 8 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SURPRISE. The race track is all excitement. People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay. Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track. The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
Chapter 8 of New Nick Carter weekly is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bookmaker” — a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
From this reading “People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.”
plural of “broom” — a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
From this reading “Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.”
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading “People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.”
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.”
plural of “rake” — a dissolute man in fashionable society
From this reading “Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.”
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading “The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.”
plural of “stairway” — a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading “The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.”
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In this reading “The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.”
In this reading “The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.”
In this reading “The race track is all excitement.”
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 A SURPRISE.
(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 The race track is all excitement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
plural of “bookmaker” — a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
plural of “broom” — a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading The race track is all excitement.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The race track is all excitement.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
a particular point in time
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
any competition
From this reading The race track is all excitement.
plural of “rake” — a dissolute man in fashionable society
From this reading Finally the rakes and brooms are called from the track.
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
plural of “stairway” — a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading A SURPRISE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The race track is all excitement.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading The race track is all excitement.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The crowd rushes up the stairways, and the next moment a splendid bay horse comes around the head of the stretch.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading People fight their way through the crowd to the bookmakers, and deposit their money, many of them placing it on Denver Bay.
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