Chapter VI of The Crimson Flash, “Johnny Boxes the Bear,” is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VI
Chapter VI of The Crimson Flash, “Johnny Boxes the Bear,” is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling. There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in. Johnny's mind was in a turmoil. He had been with the circus five days now. Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
Chapter VI of The Crimson Flash, “Johnny Boxes the Bear,” is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
From this reading “There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Two more days they would remain in Chicago.”
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading “He had been with the circus five days now.”
possessive form of “johnny” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny's mind was in a turmoil.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.”
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading “Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.”
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
From this reading “Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.”
a violent disturbance
From this reading “Johnny's mind was in a turmoil.”
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 “He had been with the circus five days now.”
In this reading “Two more days they would remain in Chicago.”
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 There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading He had been with the circus five days now.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading He had been with the circus five days now.
divisible by two
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading He had been with the circus five days now.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been with the circus five days now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
possessive form of “johnny” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny's mind was in a turmoil.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Johnny's mind was in a turmoil.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
uttered with a trill
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
a violent disturbance
From this reading Johnny's mind was in a turmoil.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There had been a storm, the aftermath of which was even now coming in.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Johnny Thompson paced the beach up which the waves of Lake Michigan were rolling.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had been with the circus five days now.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Two more days they would remain in Chicago.
Chapter 6 of The Crimson Flash by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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 6 holds 228 sentences of The Crimson Flash, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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