Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed. He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it. Scotty yielded. "Okay. I see your point.
Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a slight indication
From this reading “Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “"Okay.”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading “Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.”
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading “Scotty yielded.”
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 “Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
a slight indication
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see your point.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading "Okay.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading I see your point.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Scotty yielded.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see your point.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Ghost Town Clue Rick refused point-blank to go to bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't tired, he insisted, and he meant it.
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading Scotty yielded.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I see your point.
Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 205 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 9 holds 205 sentences of The Scarlet Lake Mystery, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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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