Chapter 16 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HAL ON THE WATCH. "Let up there, you brute!" Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air. When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl. "What, you!" he exclaimed.
Chapter 16 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “"Let up there, you brute!"”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “"What, you!" he exclaimed.”
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading “When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.”
an instance of visual perception
From this reading “When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.”
look attentively
From this reading “HAL ON THE WATCH.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
see something for a brief time
In this reading “When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.”
look about oneself
In this reading “Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading "Let up there, you brute!"
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "What, you!" he exclaimed.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
a young female
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HAL ON THE WATCH.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let up there, you brute!"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HAL ON THE WATCH.
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HAL ON THE WATCH.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Let up there, you brute!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Let up there, you brute!"
look attentively
From this reading HAL ON THE WATCH.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What, you!" he exclaimed.
at the time that
From this reading When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Let up there, you brute!"
Chapter 16 of The Missing Tin Box by Edward Stratemeyer holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 16 holds 187 sentences of The Missing Tin Box, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Missing Tin Box by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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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