Chapter XVI of Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol, “We Astonish Mr. Holmes,” is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVI
Chapter XVI of Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol, “We Astonish Mr. Holmes,” is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey? Nice house—windows n’everything. Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward. Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money. Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
Chapter XVI of Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol, “We Astonish Mr. Holmes,” is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading “Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.”
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading “Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.”
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.”
possessive form of “judge” — a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading “Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “Nice house—windows n’everything.”
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.
the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
In this reading “Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.”
In this reading “Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
any thing at all
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
a youthful male person
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
ten 10s
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
possessive form of “judge” — a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nice house—windows n’everything.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Nice house—windows n’everything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
a special situation
From this reading Funny thing about the Boy Scouts, they don’t care anything for money.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Harry said, “So this is the judge’s house, hey?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Can’t seem to drum the idea out of their heads.
(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 Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading Nice house—windows n’everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Constable, I hope you’ll get that five hundred reward.
Chapter 16 of Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 45 sentences, grouped into 9 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 16 holds 45 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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