Chapter 18 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER. Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room. Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man. It was not Checkers. There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
Chapter 18 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “adopt” — choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
From this reading “STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.”
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading “It was not Checkers.”
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
From this reading “There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.”
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading “Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.”
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
From this reading “Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.
third-person singular of “adopt” — choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
From this reading STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading It was not Checkers.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
apart from; not including
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not Checkers.
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
killed unlawfully
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not Checkers.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading STELLA ADOPTS A BROTHER.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Beside the overturned table lay the body of a man.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Taking up a lantern, Ted entered the room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not Checkers.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was nothing in the room except the table, two chairs, a broken lamp, which lay in a pool of kerosene on the floor, and the body of the murdered man.
Chapter 18 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious by Edward C. Taylor holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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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