Chapter 19 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NARROW ESCAPE. Hal came to himself with a shiver. Where was he, and what had happened? For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses. Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
Chapter 19 of The Missing Tin Box is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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get or gather together
From this reading “For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.”
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading “Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.”
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading “A NARROW ESCAPE.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.”
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.”
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “Hal came to himself with a shiver.”
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading “Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.”
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.
something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
In this reading “A NARROW ESCAPE.”
In this reading “For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.”
disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation
In this reading “Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.”
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
get or gather together
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading For a moment he could not collect his scattered senses.
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Then the cold water in the vat reached his mouth and nose, and he gave a gulp.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where was he, and what had happened?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hal came to himself with a shiver.
Chapter 19 of The Missing Tin Box by Edward Stratemeyer holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 19 holds 193 sentences of The Missing Tin Box, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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