Chapter 19 of The Professor's Mystery is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Professor's Mystery is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion. I stepped to his other side. "One moment," I said. "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any." "Can't just now, Crosby."
Chapter 19 of The Professor's Mystery is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.”
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading “"Can't just now, Crosby."”
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “"I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."”
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.”
express or signify by nodding
From this reading “IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.”
Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
From this reading “IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “I stepped to his other side.”
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In this reading “I stepped to his other side.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
(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 IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
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From this reading "Can't just now, Crosby."
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading "Can't just now, Crosby."
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
let fall to the ground
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
and nothing more
From this reading "Can't just now, Crosby."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
a particular point in time
From this reading "One moment," I said.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
express or signify by nodding
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One moment," I said.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I stepped to his other side.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "One moment," I said.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading I stepped to his other side.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading I stepped to his other side.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I stepped to his other side.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I want to know a little more about this before I drop it; and right here is as good a place as any."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN WHICH I CAN NOT BELIEVE HALF I HEAR We were all upon our feet, and now Reid, with a curt nod of farewell, turned away with his companion.
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