Chapter 4 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Project X "Heavy water!" Hartson Brant exclaimed softly. Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly. And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve. He strode to the phone and picked it up.
Chapter 4 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.”
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “Hartson Brant exclaimed softly.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.”
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading “And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.”
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 “He strode to the phone and picked it up.”
communicate vividly
From this reading “Project X "Heavy water!"”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.”
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading “He strode to the phone 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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading Hartson Brant exclaimed softly.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Hartson Brant exclaimed softly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hartson Brant exclaimed softly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He strode to the phone and picked it up.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Project X "Heavy water!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He strode to the phone and picked it up.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
a particular point in time
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
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 He strode to the phone and picked it up.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading He strode to the phone and picked it up.
communicate vividly
From this reading Project X "Heavy water!"
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rick and Scotty looked at each other blankly.
with low volume
From this reading Hartson Brant exclaimed softly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading He strode to the phone and picked it up.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And at that moment, Barby completed the connection and called to Steve.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He strode to the phone 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 Project X "Heavy water!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Project X "Heavy water!"
Chapter 4 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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 4 holds 286 sentences of The Caves of Fear, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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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