Chapter 13 of The Missing Formula is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Missing Formula is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly. “Oh, it must be there.” “It isn’t,” Madge insisted. “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!” “Let me look.”
Chapter 13 of The Missing Formula is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
come to pass
From this reading ““Oh, I knew something would happen to it!””
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading ““It isn’t,” Madge insisted.”
not able to be found
From this reading “The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.”
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Oh, it must be there.”
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
come to pass
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “It isn’t,” Madge insisted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It isn’t,” Madge insisted.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, it must be there.”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me look.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Let me look.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It isn’t,” Madge insisted.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let me look.”
not able to be found
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Oh, it must be there.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, it must be there.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Missing Book “Gone,” Anne echoed blankly.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Oh, it must be there.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Oh, I knew something would happen to it!”
Chapter 13 of The Missing Formula by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 13 holds 167 sentences of The Missing Formula, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Missing Formula by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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