Chapter 7 of Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed. The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear. A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him. "Number, please." Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
Chapter 7 of Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a reflex manner
From this reading “Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.”
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.”
having your attention fixated as though by a spell
From this reading “BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.”
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
From this reading “BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.”
fasten with a hook
From this reading “Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.”
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.”
affected with paralysis
From this reading “BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.”
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading “The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.”
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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 A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
equally
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
in a reflex manner
From this reading Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
opinion or judgment
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
having your attention fixated as though by a spell
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
start firing a weapon
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
fasten with a hook
From this reading Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
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From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
a narrow way or road
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading "Number, please."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Automatically he hung the receiver on the hook.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
affected with paralysis
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Number, please."
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The receiver was in his hand, close to his ear.
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading A voice from the other end of the wire drifted to him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading BY MEANS OF THE FIRE ESCAPE Kirby Lane stood with fascinated eyes looking down at the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed.
Chapter 7 of Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story by William MacLeod Raine holds 67 sentences, grouped into 14 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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