Chapter 22 of The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car. After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north. "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz. "The tank is full." "Good!
Chapter 22 of The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
From this reading “After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.”
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading “"How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.”
clean or organized
From this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
From this reading “"The tank is full."”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
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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the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
In this reading “A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.”
In this reading “After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.”
In this reading “After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.”
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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 A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
later than; following
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading "The tank is full."
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The tank is full."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
clean or organized
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
From this reading "The tank is full."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
in the direction of
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A NEAT TRICK The court-house was due south of Grantly and towards it the count turned his powerful little car.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "How much gasoline have we?" he asked Herz.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading After running about two miles, he made a deviation to the west and then to the north.
Chapter 22 of The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors by Nell Speed holds 85 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.
Chapter 22 holds 85 sentences of The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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