Chapter 23 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won. The race against that other—? Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied. Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills. He had spared no effort.
Chapter 23 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.”
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading “THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.”
move hurridly
From this reading “Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.”
filled with satisfaction
From this reading “Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “He had spared no effort.”
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
From this reading “Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.”
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.
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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 Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading He had spared no effort.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had spared no effort.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
not any; not one
From this reading He had spared no effort.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The race against that other—?
any competition
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
move hurridly
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading He had spared no effort.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The race against that other—?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not a day, not an hour had been lost in his rush to the hills.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
(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 Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
From this reading Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading THE IRONY OF FATE The race against the season was being won.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, Bill Wilder was well enough satisfied.
Chapter 23 of The Luck of the Kid by Ridgwell Cullum holds 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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.
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