Chapter 14 of Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm. “Wait!” he said. Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face. “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip. “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
Chapter 14 of Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading “Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.”
-ing form of “detain” — deprive of freedom; take into confinement
From this reading “Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.”
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading “Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.”
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading “Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading ““Let us walk a little way down the trail.””
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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 Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
without stop or interruption
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
-ing form of “detain” — deprive of freedom; take into confinement
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Wait!” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
set down according to a plan
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
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From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
above and across; more than
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Wait!” he said.
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something in the seriousness of his manner drew a quick look of apprehension over the other's face.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait!” he said.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Let us walk a little way down the trail.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I want to talk with you,” continued Philip.
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