Chapter 12 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Earthquake! "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly. "And it isn't a pretty picture." Hartson Brant agreed. "It certainly seems to add up, Rick.
Chapter 12 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “"It certainly seems to add up, Rick.”
plural of “add” — a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
From this reading “"Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.”
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “Hartson Brant agreed.”
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “"Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.”
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
From this reading “Earthquake!”
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading “"Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “"And it isn't a pretty picture."”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “"Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.”
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In this reading “"And it isn't a pretty picture."”
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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 "And it isn't a pretty picture."
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading "It certainly seems to add up, Rick.
plural of “add” — a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading Hartson Brant agreed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And it isn't a pretty picture."
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "It certainly seems to add up, Rick.
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
From this reading Earthquake!
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
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From this reading Hartson Brant agreed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And it isn't a pretty picture."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And it isn't a pretty picture."
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "And it isn't a pretty picture."
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "And it isn't a pretty picture."
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It certainly seems to add up, Rick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It certainly seems to add up, Rick.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Everything adds up," Rick Brant said grimly.
Chapter 12 of The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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 12 holds 181 sentences of The Flaming Mountain, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
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