Chapter 17 of The Shore Road mystery is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Shore Road mystery is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised. Then came an interruption. "The boss wants us," said one of the men. The man approaching the back of the car halted. "All right," he growled.
Chapter 17 of The Shore Road mystery is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading “The man approaching the back of the car halted.”
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “"The boss wants us," said one of the men.”
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading “THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “"All right," he growled.”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “The man approaching the back of the car halted.”
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “Then came an interruption.”
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.”
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
From this reading “THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.”
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.
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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 THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
(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 right," he growled.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then came an interruption.
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading The man approaching the back of the car halted.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The man approaching the back of the car halted.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came an interruption.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading The man approaching the back of the car halted.
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading "All right," he growled.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading The man approaching the back of the car halted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right," he growled.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading Then came an interruption.
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man approaching the back of the car halted.
the force of workers available
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
a particular point in time
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," he growled.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came an interruption.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "The boss wants us," said one of the men.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE CAVE In a moment the lid of the locker would have been raised.
Chapter 17 of The Shore Road mystery by Franklin W. Dixon holds 131 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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