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Chapter 14 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat is here in full — 82 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VOICE IN THE DARK. “Hush a minute, Tom! What was that?” Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt. It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
Chapter 14 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat is here in full — 82 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
From this reading “Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.”
cause to stop
From this reading “Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading ““Hush a minute, Tom!”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.”
past form of “purchase” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.”
occurring or operating at the same time
From this reading “Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.”
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
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In this reading “It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.”
In this reading “It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.”
In this reading “Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.”
In this reading “THE VOICE IN THE DARK.”
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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 “Hush a minute, Tom!
later than; following
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
cause to stop
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “Hush a minute, Tom!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Hush a minute, Tom!
past form of “purchase” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
occurring or operating at the same time
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What was that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
male cat
From this reading “Hush a minute, Tom!
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was that?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was that?”
which person or people
From this reading Jack, who was driving the little red flyer, brought the car and Tom’s tongue to a simultaneous halt.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was after dark and the two lads were returning from Camwell with the car loaded down with what they had purchased.
Chapter 14 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat by Richard Bonner holds 82 sentences, grouped into 17 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.
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