Chapter 6 of The Lost Valley is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Lost Valley is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INTRODUCING MR. ALBERT CUMSHAW. "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim. They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away. Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
Chapter 6 of The Lost Valley is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading “ALBERT CUMSHAW.”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."”
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading “Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."”
-ing form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading “INTRODUCING MR.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “"That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.”
by chance
From this reading “They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.”
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prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading ALBERT CUMSHAW.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
for the reason that
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALBERT CUMSHAW.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
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From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
-ing form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading INTRODUCING MR.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
a form of address for a man
From this reading INTRODUCING MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
by chance
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
not in physical motion
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That's the peculiar part of it, Jim.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They should still be in the room, because they couldn't possibly have been taken away.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I've hunted high and low and I can't find them."
Chapter 6 of The Lost Valley by J. M. (James Morgan) Walsh holds 342 sentences, grouped into 69 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 6 holds 342 sentences of The Lost Valley, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
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