Chapter XIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “A Marked Man,” is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter XIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “A Marked Man,” is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him. The noon hours were pure routine. But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time! An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto. No matter.
Chapter XIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “A Marked Man,” is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a composition for orchestra and a soloist
From this reading “An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.”
informal intensifiers
From this reading “An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.”
cause to be interested or curious
From this reading “Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.”
possessive form of “johnny” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.”
a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
From this reading “An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.”
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading “The noon hours were pure routine.”
a smallest army unit
From this reading “But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!”
a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
From this reading “An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
a composition for orchestra and a soloist
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
informal intensifiers
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
cause to be interested or curious
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The noon hours were pure routine.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
possessive form of “johnny” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
characterized by grandeur
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading No matter.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
not any; not one
From this reading No matter.
the middle of the day
From this reading The noon hours were pure routine.
a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading The noon hours were pure routine.
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading The noon hours were pure routine.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
a smallest army unit
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading An entire symphony orchestra might be crashing its way through some magnificent concerto.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The noon hours were pure routine.
at the time that
From this reading But at night, when squad calls came thick and fast--that was the time!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Johnny's work at the studio never failed to fascinate him.
Chapter 13 of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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 13 holds 122 sentences of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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