Chapter 5 of The achievements of Luther Trant is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The achievements of Luther Trant is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?” “I am sure of it!” “But I don’t understand, Gordon! Who? How?
Chapter 5 of The achievements of Luther Trant is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?””
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading “The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?””
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?””
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading “The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?””
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?””
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ““I am sure of it!””
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading ““But I don’t understand, Gordon!”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am sure of it!”
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I don’t understand, Gordon!
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From this reading “But I don’t understand, Gordon!
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From this reading “But I don’t understand, Gordon!
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From this reading How?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am sure of it!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I am sure of it!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I am sure of it!”
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I am sure of it!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “But I don’t understand, Gordon!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Private Bank Puzzle “Planning to rob us?”
which person or people
From this reading Who?
Chapter 5 of The achievements of Luther Trant by Edwin Balmer holds 530 sentences, grouped into 106 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 530 sentences of The achievements of Luther Trant, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The achievements of Luther Trant by Edwin Balmer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 530 sentences, grouped into 106 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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