Chapter XXV of The Puzzle in the Pond: A Judy Bolton Mystery, “An Everlasting Thing,” is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXV of The Puzzle in the Pond: A Judy Bolton Mystery, “An Everlasting Thing,” is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was no holding Judy back after that. She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him. “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced. “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago. What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
Chapter XXV of The Puzzle in the Pond: A Judy Bolton Mystery, “An Everlasting Thing,” is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 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.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading ““I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.”
to strive with determination
From this reading ““I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “There was no holding Judy back after that.”
the condition of being a child without living parents
From this reading ““You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?””
a close-fitting pullover shirt
From this reading “She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.”
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.
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading ““You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.”
In this reading ““You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.”
be restored
In this reading “What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?””
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.
later than; following
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
in the past
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
a youthful male person
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
to strive with determination
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
the act of retaining something
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
the condition of being a child without living parents
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
a close-fitting pullover shirt
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no holding Judy back after that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’d you come back for and where’d you find that lady stick?”
during the time that
From this reading She seized the boy by the tail of his T-shirt while Danny turned on him.
a late time of life
From this reading “You ran away from the orphanage two years ago.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I know you, Buck Lester,” he announced.
Chapter 25 of The Puzzle in the Pond: A Judy Bolton Mystery by Margaret Sutton holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 holds 125 sentences of The Puzzle in the Pond: A Judy Bolton Mystery, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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