Chapter XVII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, ““The Case Is ‘Sewed Up’”,” is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVII
Chapter XVII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, ““The Case Is ‘Sewed Up’”,” is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events. “After Griff ran off—what, then?” Al demanded. “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.” “What did you do?”
Chapter XVII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, ““The Case Is ‘Sewed Up’”,” is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “bob” — a former monetary unit in Great Britain
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
From this reading “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading ““A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.””
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
travel slowly
From this reading ““A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.””
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
From this reading “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
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 “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
In this reading “Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.”
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
In this reading ““After Griff ran off—what, then?””
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 taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
later than; following
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
possessive form of “bob” — a former monetary unit in Great Britain
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Al demanded.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “What did you do?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What did you do?”
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
travel slowly
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “After Griff ran off—what, then?”
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
From this reading “A taxi came racing along and stopped at The Windsock.”
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
From this reading Sitting on the Wright porch, early the next morning, Curt and Al listened eagerly to Bob’s recital of the past night’s events.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What did you do?”
Chapter 17 of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1 by Van Powell holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 17 holds 128 sentences of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1 by Van Powell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 26 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 329 minutes of reading across 791 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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