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Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915
Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915 is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.
Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.
“I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.
“There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”
“Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.
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Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915 is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.
/nɪk kənˈfɜːrmz hɪz ˈθɪri/
Line 2
Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.
Line 3
“I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.
/aɪ θɔːt aɪ maɪt niːd juː nɪk rɪˈmɑːrkt æz ðeɪ sped əˈweɪ/
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“There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”
Line 5
“Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.
/ʃʊr θɪŋ tʃiːf ˈpætsi ˈredəli əˈɡriːd/

Learner Dictionary

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.

assistant noun US /əˈsɪstənt/

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

Brooklyn noun US /ˈbrʊklən/

a borough of New York City

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

confirms verb US /kənˈfɜːrmz/

third-person singular of “confirm” — establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

From this reading “NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.”

junior noun US /ˈdʒuːnjər/

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

Madison noun US /ˈmædəsən/

4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

Patsy noun US /ˈpætsi/

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

sped verb US /sped/

inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly

From this reading ““I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.”

taxicab noun US /ˈtæksikæb/

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

From this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

readily agreed adverb + adjective

In this reading ““Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.”

pick up verb + adjective

take and lift upward

In this reading “Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.”

sped away verb + particle counted as “speed away”

In this reading ““I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.”

Sure thing adjective + noun

something that is certain

In this reading ““Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.”

All words in this reading · 63

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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agreedadjectiveUS /əˈɡriːd/

united by being of the same opinion

From this reading “Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.

alwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

arousedadjectiveUS /ərˈaʊzd/

aroused to action

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

assistantnounUS /əˈsɪstənt/

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

AvenuenounUS /ˈævənuː/

a line of approach

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

bednounUS /bed/

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

BrooklynnounUS /ˈbrʊklən/

a borough of New York City

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

CarternounUS /ˈkɑːrtər/

Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

chiefnounUS /tʃiːf/

a person who is in charge

From this reading “Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.

CONFIRMSverbUS /kənˈfɜːrmz/

third-person singular of “confirm” — establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

From this reading NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

Garvan

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

it's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

juniornounUS /ˈdʒuːnjər/

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

learnverbUS /lɜːrn/

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

MadisonnounUS /ˈmædəsən/

4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

neednounUS /niːd/

a condition requiring relief

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

NICKverbUS /nɪk/

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

PatsynounUS /ˈpætsi/

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

pickverbUS /pɪk/

select carefully from a group

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

readilyadverbUS /ˈredəli/

without much difficulty

From this reading “Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.

remarkedverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkt/

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

residencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

safeadjectiveUS /seɪf/

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

seatedadjectiveUS /ˈsiːtɪd/

(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

sidenounUS /saɪd/

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

soonadverbUS /suːn/

in the near future

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

spedverbUS /sped/

inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

stoppedadjectiveUS /stɑːpt/

(of a nose) blocked

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

SureadjectiveUS /ʃʊr/

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading “Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.

taxicabnounUS /ˈtæksikæb/

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

tellingadjectiveUS /ˈtelɪŋ/

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

THEORYnounUS /ˈθɪri/

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading NICK CONFIRMS HIS THEORY.

There's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

thingnounUS /θɪŋ/

a special situation

From this reading “Sure thing, chief,” Patsy readily agreed.

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

waitingnounUS /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

welladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “There’s no telling what we may learn, and it’s always well to be on the safe side.”

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Nick Carter stopped at his Madison Avenue residence on his way to Brooklyn only to pick up his junior assistant, Patsy Garvan, whom he aroused from bed and with whom he soon was seated in the waiting taxicab.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “I thought I might need you,” Nick remarked, as they sped away.

Chapter 4 of Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915 by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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.

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Chapter 4 holds 195 sentences of Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

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