Chapter 14 of The Blue Ghost Mystery is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Blue Ghost Mystery is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning. They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them. Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs. "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night. Did you find any?"
Chapter 14 of The Blue Ghost Mystery is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a slight indication
From this reading “The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.”
on a floor below
From this reading “Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.”
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading “They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “"I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.”
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading “They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.”
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading “They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.”
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 “The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.”
In this reading “"I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.”
In this reading “Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.”
In this reading “They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.”
In this reading “Did you find any?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
anew
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Did you find any?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
a slight indication
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you find any?"
on a floor below
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Did you find any?"
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
a social unit living together
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
immediately past
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Miller greeted them as they came downstairs.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading They had fallen into bed, pleased and exhausted, and the noise of the household stirring had failed to waken them.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Cold, Cold Clue The boys were late to breakfast the following morning.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I hear you were ghost hunting again last night.
Chapter 14 of The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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 14 holds 89 sentences of The Blue Ghost Mystery, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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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