Chapter XIV of The Mystery at Camp Lenape, “So Long, Lenape!,” is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIV
Chapter XIV of The Mystery at Camp Lenape, “So Long, Lenape!,” is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room. The door opened a crack. “It’s us—the twins!” Jerry whispered urgently. “Are you all right?”
Chapter XIV of The Mystery at Camp Lenape, “So Long, Lenape!,” is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “The door opened a crack.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.”
according to the clock
with low volume
From this reading “It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.”
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading “It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading ““It’s us—the twins!””
with great urgency
From this reading “Jerry whispered urgently.”
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.
In this reading “It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.”
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 The door opened a crack.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Are you all right?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you all right?”
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading The door opened a crack.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s us—the twins!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
according to the clock
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The door opened a crack.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Are you all right?”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
with low volume
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “It’s us—the twins!”
with great urgency
From this reading Jerry whispered urgently.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It’s us—the twins!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
at the time that
From this reading It was past ten o’clock that night when Jerry and Jake Utway tapped softly on the door of the trunk room.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Jerry whispered urgently.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you all right?”
Chapter 14 of The Mystery at Camp Lenape by Carl Saxon holds 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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 14 holds 137 sentences of The Mystery at Camp Lenape, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Mystery at Camp Lenape by Carl Saxon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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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