Chapter 4 of The Man Who Rocked the Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Man Who Rocked the Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman. "Hooray! Now I can take a holiday. And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!" That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
Chapter 4 of The Man Who Rocked the Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
From this reading “And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"”
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading “"Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.”
a first-year undergraduate
From this reading “"Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “Now I can take a holiday.”
a victory cheer
From this reading “"Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"”
American architect (1759-1828)
From this reading “That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.”
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading “That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.”
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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 "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now I can take a holiday.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
a first-year undergraduate
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading Now I can take a holiday.
a victory cheer
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now I can take a holiday.
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From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I can take a holiday.
according to the clock
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
carry out
From this reading Now I can take a holiday.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hooray!" he shouted, dancing round the room like a freshman.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
American architect (1759-1828)
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And come to think of it, I'm as hungry as a brontosaurus!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
a Caucasian
From this reading That night Thornton returned to Washington and was at the White House by nine o'clock the following day.
Chapter 4 of The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Arthur Cheney Train 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 4 holds 403 sentences of The Man Who Rocked the Earth, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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