Chapter 20 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse." He tilted Rick's face to the light. "I also see other colors. By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison." "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
Chapter 20 of The Caves of Fear is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading “"I also see other colors.”
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
in a judicious manner
From this reading “Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."”
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “He tilted Rick's face to the light.”
possessive form of “rick” — a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “He tilted Rick's face to the light.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “He tilted Rick's face to the light.”
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 “Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."”
In this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
In this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
In this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
fix to; attach
In this reading “"I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.”
In this reading “By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
in addition
From this reading "I also see other colors.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
according with custom or propriety
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading "I also see other colors.
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I also see other colors.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
in a judicious manner
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "I also see other colors.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
a purple color or pigment
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
with speed
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
on the contrary
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
possessive form of “rick” — a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "I got a mouse hung on me all right," Rick said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I also see other colors.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Home Flight "The Golden Mouse," Keaton-Yeats said judiciously, "is rapidly becoming a purple mouse."
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tilted Rick's face to the light.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading By the time you get home, a rainbow will be rather pale and dull by comparison."
Chapter 20 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 75 sentences, grouped into 15 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 20 holds 75 sentences of The Caves of Fear, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 75 sentences, grouped into 15 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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