Chapter 13 of The Dream Doctor is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Dream Doctor is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Captain,” called Craig. “Quick—into the car. We must hurry. To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley. No one can get away from it before we arrive.
Chapter 13 of The Dream Doctor is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 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.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “No one can get away from it before we arrive.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““Captain,” called Craig.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading ““Captain,” called Craig.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading ““Quick—into the car.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “No one can get away from it before we arrive.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “We must hurry.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading ““Quick—into the car.”
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.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Captain,” called Craig.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Captain,” called Craig.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Quick—into the car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Captain,” called Craig.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading We must hurry.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Quick—into the car.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must hurry.
not any; not one
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one can get away from it before we arrive.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Quick—into the car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Quick—into the car.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the Stamford house, Miss Shirley.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must hurry.
Chapter 13 of The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 13 holds 392 sentences of The Dream Doctor, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
Work through the 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 79 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 can be played aloud in United States English.
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