Chapter 12 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes, sir.” “And so he told a lie.” Ben was silent. The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute. At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
Chapter 12 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “Ben was silent.”
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
From this reading “At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.”
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading “At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading ““And so he told a lie.””
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “Ben was silent.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.”
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading “The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.”
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 “The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.”
In this reading “The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 so he told a lie.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
anew
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And so he told a lie.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading Ben was silent.
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And so he told a lie.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
immediately past
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “And so he told a lie.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Ben was silent.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Yes, sir.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And so he told a lie.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “And so he told a lie.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ben was silent.
(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 At last, “Well, Holden, I’m sorry about this,” he said, facing the culprit again.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The Doctor swung about and looked through the open window for a minute.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, sir.”
Chapter 12 of The Junior Trophy by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The Junior Trophy, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Junior Trophy by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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