Chapter 8 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL. The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense. How had it been done? This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor. But none could answer it.
Chapter 8 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.”
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading “THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL.”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.”
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading “The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.”
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react verbally
From this reading But none could answer it.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading How had it been done?
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But none could answer it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But none could answer it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading How had it been done?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How had it been done?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How had it been done?
a single distinct event
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How had it been done?
of an obscure nature
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
not one, and not any
From this reading But none could answer it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the question that every one was asking his neighbor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The excitement incident to the mysterious robbery of the Creviss bank was intense.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BATTLE WITH THE BULL.
Chapter 8 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious by Edward C. Taylor holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 8 holds 130 sentences of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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