Chapter 2 of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915 is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915 is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT THE GIRL DID. The girl at the switchboard held her breath. The detective waiting in the business office saw her. The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey. The waiting detective was Nick Carter.
Chapter 2 of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915 is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 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.
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading “The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “The girl at the switchboard held her breath.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “The waiting detective was Nick Carter.”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “The detective waiting in the business office saw her.”
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading “The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “The waiting detective was Nick Carter.”
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading “The detective waiting in the business office saw her.”
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
From this reading “The girl at the switchboard held her breath.”
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.
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The girl at the switchboard held her breath.
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading The girl at the switchboard held her breath.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading The waiting detective was Nick Carter.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WHAT THE GIRL DID.
a young female
From this reading WHAT THE GIRL DID.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading The girl at the switchboard held her breath.
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl at the switchboard held her breath.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading The waiting detective was Nick Carter.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
cut with a saw
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
From this reading The girl at the switchboard held her breath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT THE GIRL DID.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading The detective waiting in the business office saw her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The girl at the switchboard was Helen Bailey.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT THE GIRL DID.
Chapter 2 of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915 by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 2 holds 112 sentences of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915 by Nicholas (House name) Carter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 23 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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