Chapter 10 of The Desert Moon mystery is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Desert Moon mystery is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board. Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together. I went into the kitchen to get supper. Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me. She did the best she could.
Chapter 10 of The Desert Moon mystery is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.”
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
From this reading “Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.”
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
From this reading “One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “I went into the kitchen to get supper.”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.”
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 “Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.”
In this reading “Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.”
In this reading “I went into the kitchen to get supper.”
In this reading “Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.”
place so as to be noticed
In this reading “One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.”
to come or go into
In this reading “I went into the kitchen to get supper.”
In this reading “One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading She did the best she could.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She did the best she could.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did the best she could.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I went into the kitchen to get supper.
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went into the kitchen to get supper.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I went into the kitchen to get supper.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading I went into the kitchen to get supper.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
the force of workers available
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
according to the clock
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did the best she could.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading I went into the kitchen to get supper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading One Return At five o’clock the men put up the chess board.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Danny, in spite of her headache, insisted upon helping me.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Chad stopped playing the piano, and the three of them went to the barns together.
Chapter 10 of The Desert Moon mystery by Kay Cleaver Strahan holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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 10 holds 92 sentences of The Desert Moon mystery, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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