Chapter 36 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ALTERED BRAND. As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him. "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted. "I want him." "What will we do?" asked one of them.
Chapter 36 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading “THE ALTERED BRAND.”
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “THE ALTERED BRAND.”
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.”
the form of “shall” used in the contraction “shan’t”
From this reading “As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “"That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.”
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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 As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading THE ALTERED BRAND.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
a youthful male person
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
a name given to a product or service
From this reading THE ALTERED BRAND.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
an opening into or through something
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I want him."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
the force of workers available
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
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From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
the form of “shall” used in the contraction “shan’t”
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ALTERED BRAND.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
the upper part of anything
From this reading "That boy must not get to the top," he shouted.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I want him."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
a Caucasian
From this reading As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "What will we do?" asked one of them.
Chapter 36 of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious by Edward C. Taylor holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 36 holds 189 sentences of Ted Strong's Motor Car Or, Fast and Furious, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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