Chapter 14 of Phaeton Rogers: A Novel of Boy Life is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Phaeton Rogers: A Novel of Boy Life is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ALARM OF FIRE. Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy. He was well taken care of, and got along nicely. Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden. One day Monkey Roe called on him.
Chapter 14 of Phaeton Rogers: A Novel of Boy Life is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “AN ALARM OF FIRE.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.”
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
From this reading “Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.”
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading “Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.”
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “One day Monkey Roe called on him.”
in a nice way
From this reading “He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.”
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
From this reading “One day Monkey Roe called on him.”
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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In this reading “He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.”
proceed or get along
In this reading “He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.”
have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
In this reading “One day Monkey Roe called on him.”
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 Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading AN ALARM OF FIRE.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ALARM OF FIRE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
start firing a weapon
From this reading AN ALARM OF FIRE.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
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From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading One day Monkey Roe called on him.
in a nice way
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN ALARM OF FIRE.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One day Monkey Roe called on him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
From this reading One day Monkey Roe called on him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Jack-in-the-Box lent him books, and each day a fresh bouquet was sent in by Miss Glidden.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every day some one of us called to see Jimmy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
(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 He was well taken care of, and got along nicely.
Chapter 14 of Phaeton Rogers: A Novel of Boy Life by Rossiter Johnson holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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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