Chapter VIII of The Shadow Passes: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Stormy Petrel’s First Prize,” is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII of The Shadow Passes: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Stormy Petrel’s First Prize,” is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense. Ice on the streams was thick. Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene. Snow covered much of the river surfaces. All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
Chapter VIII of The Shadow Passes: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Stormy Petrel’s First Prize,” is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.”
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading “All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Ice on the streams was thick.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.”
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.”
plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading “Ice on the streams was thick.”
plural of “surface” — the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “Snow covered much of the river surfaces.”
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.”
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 “Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.”
In this reading “As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.”
In this reading “Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.”
pass slowly (of time)
In this reading “As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.”
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.
possessing life
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Ice on the streams was thick.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
engage in
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading Ice on the streams was thick.
plural of “surface” — the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading Snow covered much of the river surfaces.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Ice on the streams was thick.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading All these things served to make “bringing them home alive” more difficult.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ice on the streams was thick.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Wild animals appeared to vanish from the scene.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading As the winter wore on the cold grew more intense.
Chapter 8 of The Shadow Passes: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 8 holds 63 sentences of The Shadow Passes: A Mystery Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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