Chapter XVII of The Secret Mark: An Adventure Story for Girls, “A Battle in the Night,” is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVII
Chapter XVII of The Secret Mark: An Adventure Story for Girls, “A Battle in the Night,” is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice. "We'll get out of this place some way. Perhaps the boat wasn't taken. Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water. "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
Chapter XVII of The Secret Mark: An Adventure Story for Girls, “A Battle in the Night,” is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “"I believe it's out there away down the beach.”
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
a brief written record
From this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.”
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make secure underneath
In this reading “"Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.”
In this reading “Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"We'll get out of this place some way.”
In this reading “"We'll get out of this place some way.”
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 "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Perhaps the boat wasn't taken.
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
a brief written record
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps the boat wasn't taken.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Perhaps the boat wasn't taken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps the boat wasn't taken.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I believe it's out there away down the beach.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Oh, brace up!" exclaimed Florence, a note of impatience creeping into her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps the boat wasn't taken.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Perhaps it has--" She stopped to stare away across the water.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll get out of this place some way.
Chapter 17 of The Secret Mark: An Adventure Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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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