Chapter 11 of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy. "What's the matter?" Jess demanded. "What's underneath?" Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.
Chapter 11 of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
-ing form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
plural of “handful” — a small number or amount
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
-ing form of “scoop” — take out or up with or as if with a scoop
From this reading “Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.”
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading “"What's underneath?"”
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.
In this reading “SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.”
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Jess demanded.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
-ing form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
plural of “handful” — a small number or amount
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jess demanded.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter?"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
-ing form of “scoop” — take out or up with or as if with a scoop
From this reading Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What's the matter?"
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading "What's underneath?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Polly never stopped scooping up the sand.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading SOME OLD FRIENDS Polly was down on her knees, flinging handfuls of sand behind her with feverish energy.
Chapter 11 of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach by Alice Dale Hardy holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 11 holds 148 sentences of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach by Alice Dale Hardy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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