Chapter 14 of The Silent Alarm is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Silent Alarm is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake. She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin. The room was dark. It was night; time for sleep. The mountain side was very still.
Chapter 14 of The Silent Alarm is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.”
plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.”
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading “HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “The mountain side was very still.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.”
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 “She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.”
In this reading “The mountain side was very still.”
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.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The room was dark.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was night; time for sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was night; time for sleep.
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The mountain side was very still.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was night; time for sleep.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The room was dark.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay beneath home-woven blankets in Patience Madden’s cabin.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The mountain side was very still.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading It was night; time for sleep.
not in physical motion
From this reading The mountain side was very still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The room was dark.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was night; time for sleep.
precisely as stated
From this reading The mountain side was very still.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading HALLIE KIDNAPPED Marion was wide awake.
Chapter 14 of The Silent Alarm by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 14 holds 118 sentences of The Silent Alarm, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Silent Alarm by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
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