Chapter 17 of The House of Adventure is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The House of Adventure is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“All right. Show us the rooms.” Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard. As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin. “You stuck ’em all right.
Chapter 17 of The House of Adventure is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.”
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
From this reading “As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.”
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading “Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.”
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.”
past form of “pilot” — operate an airplane
From this reading “Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.”
past form of “surrender” — give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
From this reading “Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.”
past form of “switch” — change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
From this reading “As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.”
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
In this reading “As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.”
In this reading “Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.”
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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 As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “You stuck ’em all right.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
past form of “pilot” — operate an airplane
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading Show us the rooms.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Show us the rooms.”
caught or fixed
From this reading “You stuck ’em all right.
past form of “surrender” — give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
past form of “switch” — change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
From this reading As he switched off the engine, the ex-Tommy gave Paul a brotherly grin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Show us the rooms.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Show us the rooms.”
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Brent surrendered the party to Manon, and piloted the chauffeur and the yellow car into the yard.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You stuck ’em all right.
Chapter 17 of The House of Adventure by Warwick Deeping holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 17 holds 403 sentences of The House of Adventure, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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