Chapter 26 of Room 13 is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Room 13 is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat. As he did so, he asked in a low voice: “Got a gun, Captain?” “Never carry one, Stevens. It is a bad habit to get into.”
Chapter 26 of Room 13 is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading ““Got a gun, Captain?””
an established custom
From this reading “It is a bad habit to get into.””
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
a water-resistant coat
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
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.
In this reading “As he did so, he asked in a low voice:”
In this reading “It is a bad habit to get into.””
leave
In this reading “Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.”
get involved in or with
In this reading “It is a bad habit to get into.””
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 As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Got a gun, Captain?”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Never carry one, Stevens.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Got a gun, Captain?”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Got a gun, Captain?”
an established custom
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a bad habit to get into.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never carry one, Stevens.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Never carry one, Stevens.
a water-resistant coat
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
carry out
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading As he did so, he asked in a low voice:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Johnny was the first of the guests to arrive, and Stevens helped him to take off his raincoat.
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