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Chapter 3 of The Haunted Mine is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JULIAN IS ASTONISHED. "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs. "He really acts as though he were mad about it." "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it. "You don't believe everything he said, do you?"
Chapter 3 of The Haunted Mine is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
From this reading “"He really acts as though he were mad about it."”
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “JULIAN IS ASTONISHED.”
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
From this reading “"He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.”
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading “JULIAN IS ASTONISHED.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “"He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “"Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.”
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading “"Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “"He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.”
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.
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anew
In this reading “"He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.”
In this reading “"Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “"Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.”
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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 "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading JULIAN IS ASTONISHED.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "You don't believe everything he said, do you?"
a youthful male person
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
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From this reading "You don't believe everything he said, do you?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "You don't believe everything he said, do you?"
a boy or man
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JULIAN IS ASTONISHED.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
a small worthless amount
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading JULIAN IS ASTONISHED.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
roused to anger
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
on one occasion
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
above and across; more than
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He is a dishonest fellow," said Jack, once more coming up to the table and throwing his leg over it.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "He really acts as though he were mad about it."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
at the time that
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, sir, what do you think of that?" asked Julian, when he heard the noise the telegraph boy made in running down the stairs.
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