Chapter 16 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles. “Come on, Anne!” he said. “Here! Take my hand. Now!
Chapter 16 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading ““Come on, Anne!” he said.”
on or to one side
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
plural of “pole” — a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
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push out of the way
In this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
become less in amount or intensity
In this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “Come on, Anne!” he said.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
on or to one side
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on, Anne!” he said.
someone who is a detective
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Take my hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Come on, Anne!” he said.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Take my hand.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on, Anne!” he said.
plural of “pole” — a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Come on, Anne!” he said.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
carry out
From this reading Take my hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading As the voices died away, Dick sprang up and pushed aside the poles.
Chapter 16 of The old mine's secret by Edna Henry Lee Turpin holds 263 sentences, grouped into 53 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 263 sentences of The old mine's secret, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
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