Chapter XXVIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Taken for a Ride,” is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXVIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Taken for a Ride,” is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep. Not so Johnny. He sat in a chair thinking. The room was dark. That did not matter.
Chapter XXVIII of The Arrow of Fire: A Mystery Story for Boys, “Taken for a Ride,” is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
“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 “Not so Johnny.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
a separate part of a whole
From this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
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.
sleeping deeply
In this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.”
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 As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
in a state of sleep
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading He sat in a chair thinking.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The room was dark.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading That did not matter.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat in a chair thinking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He sat in a chair thinking.
“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 Not so Johnny.
a narrow way or road
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading That did not matter.
the force of workers available
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not so Johnny.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
many times at short intervals
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
on one occasion
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The room was dark.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat in a chair thinking.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so Johnny.
in the near future
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That did not matter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The room was dark.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading He sat in a chair thinking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room was dark.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
at the time that
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading As often happens when men have a good piece of work well off their hands, Drew Lane and Newton Mills went to bed almost at once, and were soon fast asleep.
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