Chapter 15 of The Key Note: A Novel is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Key Note: A Novel is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip. "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry." Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road. "Miss Wilbur?" he repeated. "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
Chapter 15 of The Key Note: A Novel is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in mentally perceptive and responsive way
From this reading “Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.”
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading “Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “"Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."”
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look about oneself
In this reading “Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.”
In this reading “"Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."”
order, request, or command to come
In this reading “"Why didn't his uncle send for him?”
In this reading “Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.”
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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 A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
in mentally perceptive and responsive way
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
a youthful male person
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Miss Wilbur?" he repeated.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
recurring again and again
From this reading "Miss Wilbur?" he repeated.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SUDDEN JOURNEY "I have to get the afternoon boat, Matt," explained Philip.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Blake looked around alertly as his horse pulled slowly up the hill to the road.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why didn't his uncle send for him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Wilbur wants me to bring the Gayne boy to Boston in a hurry."
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