Chapter 11 of The Red Planet is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Red Planet is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son. It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well. Don't worry about me. Love. Randall."
Chapter 11 of The Red Planet is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in western Washington
From this reading “It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.”
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.”
past form of “dispatch” — send away towards a designated goal
From this reading “It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.”
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading “A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.”
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading “A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “Don't worry about me.”
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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 few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a town in western Washington
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Don't worry about me.
later than; following
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
past form of “dispatch” — send away towards a designated goal
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't worry about me.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Randall."
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a male human offspring
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading It was dispatched from Aberdeen and ran: "Perfectly well.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A few days after this, Mrs. Holmes sent me under cover a telegram which she had received from her son.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading Don't worry about me.
Chapter 11 of The Red Planet by William John Locke holds 247 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
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