Chapter 3 of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Thud--thud--thud! Biff! Rattle! Bang!_ came a noise from below. I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
Chapter 3 of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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strike violently
From this reading “Bang!_ came a noise from below.”
(boxing) a blow with the fist
From this reading “Biff!”
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
past form of “holler” — shout out
From this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “Bang!_ came a noise from below.”
make short successive sounds
From this reading “Rattle!”
make a dull sound
From this reading “_Thud--thud--thud!”
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
In this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
In this reading “I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:”
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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 Bang!_ came a noise from below.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
strike violently
From this reading Bang!_ came a noise from below.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Bang!_ came a noise from below.
(boxing) a blow with the fist
From this reading Biff!
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Bang!_ came a noise from below.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bang!_ came a noise from below.
past form of “holler” — shout out
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Bang!_ came a noise from below.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
make short successive sounds
From this reading Rattle!
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
make a dull sound
From this reading _Thud--thud--thud!
the upper part of anything
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading I sat bolt upright in bed, and hollered through the pitch-darkness at the top of my voice:
Chapter 3 of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons by James Francis Thierry holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 3 holds 111 sentences of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons by James Francis Thierry exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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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