Chapter 15 of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CLIMAX. Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women. The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers. In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled. At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
Chapter 15 of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915 is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 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.
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
From this reading “THE CLIMAX.”
lacking in variety and interest
From this reading “In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.”
arranged into groups
From this reading “The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.”
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
From this reading “Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.”
in disarray; extremely disorderly
From this reading “In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.”
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading “In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.”
a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
From this reading “At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.”
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.”
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 “Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.”
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 In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
(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 Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
From this reading THE CLIMAX.
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
lacking in variety and interest
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
arranged into groups
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
in disarray; extremely disorderly
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CLIMAX.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
From this reading At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading In a chair sat Tanner, his face colorless, his collar torn, his shirt rumpled.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading At his side stood Tod, flushed and triumphant.
not disposed or inclined toward
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading The men were grouped at one end of the room, and were talking in whispers.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Klein and his unwilling prisoner entered the large room, to find it cleared of all women.
Chapter 15 of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915 by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 15 holds 129 sentences of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915 by Nicholas (House name) Carter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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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