Chapter 8 of The Haunted Pajamas is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Haunted Pajamas is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft. And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down. "Good night," I called after them. "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!" "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
Chapter 8 of The Haunted Pajamas is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
From this reading “"Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"”
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading “HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.”
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
From this reading “HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.”
comparative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “"Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.”
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading “HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.”
in a sleepy manner
From this reading “"Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.”
gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something
From this reading “"Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.”
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 “"Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.”
In this reading “"Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"”
a conventional expression of farewell
In this reading “HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.”
In this reading “And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.”
take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
In this reading “"Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.”
In this reading “"Good night," I called after them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
later than; following
From this reading "Good night," I called after them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Good night," I called after them.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
comparative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Good night," I called after them.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
a small worthless amount
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
the sound of laughing
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
for more time
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
in a sleepy manner
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Good night," I called after them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading HER BROTHER JACK "Good night, Dicky!" came up the elevator shaft.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And then more "good nights," growing fainter with their laughter as the car shot down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something
From this reading "Jolly good lie, Jenkins," I said, yawning sleepily, as I dropped back into my own apartment.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Devilish sorry you fellows won't stay longer!"
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