Chapter 13 of Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits. Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men: “Get into the car and watch out! Don’t mind me. Take care of yourselves.”
Chapter 13 of Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.”
get or gather together
From this reading “WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.”
the point or degree to which something extends
From this reading “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
past form of “jerk” — pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading “WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “Take care of yourselves.””
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 “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
be careful, prudent, or watchful
In this reading “Take care of yourselves.””
In this reading “Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:”
get involved in or with
In this reading ““Get into the car and watch out!”
In this reading ““Get into the car and watch out!”
investigate scientifically
In this reading “WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.”
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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 WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Get into the car and watch out!
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Take care of yourselves.”
get or gather together
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t mind me.
divisible by two
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
the point or degree to which something extends
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
opinion or judgment
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get into the car and watch out!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
be the source of pain
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
past form of “jerk” — pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
the force of workers available
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Don’t mind me.
a particular point in time
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Take care of yourselves.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Get into the car and watch out!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Although bruised and bumped to some extent I had not been much hurt, and even before I was jerked to my feet I cried aloud to my men:
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
carry out
From this reading Take care of yourselves.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
look attentively
From this reading “Get into the car and watch out!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading WE LOOK INTO DANGER’S EYES The capture was so sudden that it took me a moment to collect my wits.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading Take care of yourselves.”
Chapter 13 of Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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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