Chapter 28 of The Galloping Ghost: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of The Galloping Ghost: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red! Red! The light is gone!” Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy. She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
Chapter 28 of The Galloping Ghost: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a female human offspring
From this reading “She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.”
past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading “She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.”
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!”
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.”
possessive form of “todd” — Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.”
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In this reading “She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.”
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From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
a female human offspring
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!
destroyed or killed
From this reading The light is gone!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The light is gone!”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!
possessing material wealth
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIGHT THAT FAILED “Red!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had endured much that night, had this little daughter of the rich.
possessive form of “todd” — Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Berley Todd’s voice rang with tragedy.
Chapter 28 of The Galloping Ghost: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
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