Chapter 16 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar! You’re dreaming. Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake. “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.” “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
Chapter 16 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading “Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “You’re dreaming.”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading ““Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.””
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading ““Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.””
squeeze tightly between the fingers
From this reading “Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.”
a large number or amount
From this reading “TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading ““Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.””
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading “TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!”
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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at or in the front
In this reading ““He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.””
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading You’re dreaming.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!
squeeze tightly between the fingers
From this reading Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
a large number or amount
From this reading TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!
in or at that place or location
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
male cat
From this reading TOM SCORES “Oh, sugar!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He was, but he isn’t; he’s right there in front of us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Tom is miles from here; he’s away back in Kenosha, you silly goose.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re dreaming.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Pinch yourself,” cried Charlie Blake.
Chapter 16 of The Rambler Club's motor car by W. Crispin (William Crispin) Sheppard holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 204 sentences of The Rambler Club's motor car, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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