Chapter 8 of The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid." The contractors laughed. "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him. "They all do, after a bit." But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
Chapter 8 of The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “"Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."”
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading “"Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “"They all do, after a bit."”
plural of “contractor” — someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
From this reading “The contractors laughed.”
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “"Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “The contractors laughed.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
later than; following
From this reading "They all do, after a bit."
(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 "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "They all do, after a bit."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
an occurrence of something
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
plural of “contractor” — someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
From this reading The contractors laughed.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "They all do, after a bit."
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The contractors laughed.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Challoner is a dangerous man, I'm afraid."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The contractors laughed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, he'll come around, all right!" they assured him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But in this case, the superintendent happened to be right.
Chapter 8 of The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance by William Hamilton Osborne holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 8 holds 417 sentences of The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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