Chapter 29 of The Eye of Dread is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Eye of Dread is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him. "Pleasant day. I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you. Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_. Be glad to make your acquaintance.
Chapter 29 of The Eye of Dread is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “accost” — speak to someone
From this reading “THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.”
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading “Be glad to make your acquaintance.”
take into custody
From this reading “THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.”
possessive form of “carter” — Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.”
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
From this reading “I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.”
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
From this reading “Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.”
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 “THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
past form of “accost” — speak to someone
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
later than; following
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
take into custody
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
possessive form of “carter” — Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Pleasant day.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the act of departing
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
engage in
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading "Pleasant day.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
From this reading Carter's my name, and I'm doing the reporting for the _Mercury_.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
at the time that
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE ARREST Sam Carter loitered down the street after leaving the bank, and when Harry King approached, he turned with his ready smile and accosted him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I see you're a stranger here, and I thought I might get an item from you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Be glad to make your acquaintance.
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