Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again. According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed. Rick glanced at his watch. "It's going to be late when we get there." "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.”
flat tableland with steep edges
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Rick glanced at his watch.”
a boat propelled by a steam engine
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
cut off or left behind
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
plural of “twist” — an unforeseen development
From this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
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 “Rick glanced at his watch.”
In this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
In this reading “Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.”
In this reading “According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.”
In this reading “"It's going to be late when we get there."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
anew
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rick glanced at his watch.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Rick glanced at his watch.
the act of departing
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rick glanced at his watch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
by chance
From this reading "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
flat tableland with steep edges
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Rick glanced at his watch.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
a boat propelled by a steam engine
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
cut off or left behind
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maybe that's good," Scotty returned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
plural of “twist” — an unforeseen development
From this reading Stranded in Steamboat The road to Steamboat led by Careless Mesa, then through a series of twists and turns down to comparatively level country again.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
look attentively
From this reading Rick glanced at his watch.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
at the time that
From this reading "It's going to be late when we get there."
Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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 10 holds 300 sentences of The Scarlet Lake Mystery, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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