Chapter 12 of Norma Kent of the WACS is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Norma Kent of the WACS is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off. “Indian Point!” Lena exclaimed. “So this is it! But where’s the city?”
Chapter 12 of Norma Kent of the WACS is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading ““Indian Point!””
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading “Lena exclaimed.”
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.”
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.
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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 HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
(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 HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But where’s the city?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading But where’s the city?”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Lena exclaimed.
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading “Indian Point!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “So this is it!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “So this is it!
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading Lena exclaimed.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “Indian Point!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So this is it!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “So this is it!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
create by training and teaching
From this reading HARBOR BELLS The train came to a jolting stop and they all piled off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But where’s the city?”
Chapter 12 of Norma Kent of the WACS by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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 12 holds 286 sentences of Norma Kent of the WACS, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Norma Kent of the WACS by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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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