Chapter 3 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up. "What's the matter, Dad?" Rick asked quickly. The scientist had a strange look on his face. "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
Chapter 3 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"What's the matter, Dad?"”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Rick asked quickly.”
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading “The scientist had a strange look on his face.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.”
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading “"Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.”
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 “"Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.”
In this reading “Rick asked quickly.”
observe with attention
In this reading “The scientist had a strange look on his face.”
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 The scientist had a strange look on his face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Rick asked quickly.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "What's the matter, Dad?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter, Dad?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
with speed
From this reading Rick asked quickly.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Rick asked quickly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The scientist had a strange look on his face.
in a swift manner
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading "Give me the telegraph office," Hartson Brant said.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Heavy Water Hartson Brant walked swiftly to the telephone and picked it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter, Dad?"
Chapter 3 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 3 holds 221 sentences of The Caves of Fear, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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