Chapter 13 of The Film Mystery is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Film Mystery is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Atropin!" he ejaculated. "Walter!" He turned to me. "Get some physostigmin, quick! Have Mackay drive you!
Chapter 13 of The Film Mystery is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “Have Mackay drive you!”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"Get some physostigmin, quick!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have Mackay drive you!”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “"Get some physostigmin, quick!”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “He turned to me.”
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading “"Walter!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading "Atropin!" he ejaculated.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Have Mackay drive you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Atropin!" he ejaculated.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get some physostigmin, quick!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have Mackay drive you!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Atropin!" he ejaculated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have Mackay drive you!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He turned to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Get some physostigmin, quick!
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Get some physostigmin, quick!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Get some physostigmin, quick!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He turned to me.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned to me.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading "Walter!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have Mackay drive you!
Chapter 13 of The Film Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 13 holds 429 sentences of The Film Mystery, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Film Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 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.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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How to work through The Film Mystery section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Film Mystery, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
