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Chapter 1 of The Mystery of Jockey Hollow is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh! Oh!” she screamed. “It’s terrible! Down here—in the cellar——!” (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
Chapter 1 of The Mystery of Jockey Hollow is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
From this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
From this reading “Down here—in the cellar——!””
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
From this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
plural of “marshland” — low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
From this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh!” she screamed.”
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 “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
In this reading “Down here—in the cellar——!””
In this reading “(_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.”
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 (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
From this reading Down here—in the cellar——!”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down here—in the cellar——!”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
an ornamental facade
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Down here—in the cellar——!”
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Down here—in the cellar——!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s terrible!
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
plural of “marshland” — low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
not able to be found
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Oh!” she screamed.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh!” she screamed.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “It’s terrible!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Down here—in the cellar——!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading (_Frontispiece_) (THE MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW) A. L. BURT COMPANY _Publishers_ New York Chicago The Orchard Secret Mystery of Jockey Hollow Missing at Marshlands The proud old house rang with excitement.
Chapter 1 of The Mystery of Jockey Hollow by Cleo F. Garis holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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