Chapter 20 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly. He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling. He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles. Thinking was too difficult. He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
Chapter 20 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.”
for a short time
From this reading “The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.”
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “He closed his eyes and drifted off again.”
a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
From this reading “He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.”
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.”
plural of “tube” — conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading “He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.”
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.
be restored
In this reading “The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.”
change from a waking to a sleeping state
In this reading “He closed his eyes and drifted off again.”
In this reading “Thinking was too difficult.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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 He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
later than; following
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
anew
From this reading He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
for a short time
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
the overhead upper surface of a covered space
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
recognizable; marked
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Thinking was too difficult.
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
an inhabitant of the earth
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He closed his eyes and drifted off again.
above your head; in the sky
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Thinking was too difficult.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Earthman Rick came back to life briefly.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Thinking was too difficult.
plural of “tube” — conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned his head an inch and saw a festoon of rubber tubes and hanging bottles.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
a Caucasian
From this reading He saw a patch of something white overhead, and after much staring decided it was a ceiling.
Chapter 20 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 20 holds 253 sentences of The Scarlet Lake Mystery, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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.
Work through the 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 51 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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