Chapter 7 of The Plot That Failed is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Plot That Failed is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DANGEROUS WOMAN. Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed. She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare. At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him. He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
Chapter 7 of The Plot That Failed is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a line of approach
From this reading “She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.”
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.”
coming next after the thirteenth in position
From this reading “She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.”
a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
From this reading “He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.”
a public road from one place to another
From this reading “She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.”
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.
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In this reading “At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.”
at or within a reasonable distance for seeing
In this reading “Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.”
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 DANGEROUS WOMAN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
a line of approach
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
coming next after the thirteenth in position
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
a small worthless amount
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
cut with a saw
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
a public road from one place to another
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
coming next after the twenty-seventh in position
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
at the time that
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
Chapter 7 of The Plot That Failed by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 234 sentences, grouped into 47 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 7 holds 234 sentences of The Plot That Failed, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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