Chapter 5 of Swamp Island is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Swamp Island is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair. "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured. "What can we do now?" "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily. "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
Chapter 5 of Swamp Island is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.”
a slight indication
From this reading “"We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.”
with gloom
From this reading “"We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “"If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “"I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.”
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trace
In this reading “"We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.”
In this reading “"If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."”
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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 CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "What can we do now?"
an occurrence of something
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
a slight indication
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What can we do now?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
with gloom
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
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From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "What can we do now?"
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading CHAPTER _A JOB FOR PENNY_ Penny gazed at Salt in grim despair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "If he isn't at the hospital, I'm afraid it's a case for the police."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "What can we do now?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've run down every clue," he replied gloomily.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What can we do now?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I was so sure Jerry would be here," she murmured.
Chapter 5 of Swamp Island by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 429 sentences of Swamp Island, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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