Chapter 18 of The Story of Kennett is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Story of Kennett is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HUSKING FROLIC. Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror. “Cousin Martha! Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!” “None o' your tricks, boy!”
Chapter 18 of The Story of Kennett is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading ““Cousin Martha!”
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
From this reading “THE HUSKING FROLIC.”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!””
emit long loud cries
From this reading “Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.”
done under pressure
From this reading “Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!””
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading ““None o' your tricks, boy!””
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 Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
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From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
a youthful male person
From this reading “None o' your tricks, boy!”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Cousin Martha!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
From this reading THE HUSKING FROLIC.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
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From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
emit long loud cries
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
the removal of covering
From this reading THE HUSKING FROLIC.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Cousin Martha!
not one, and not any
From this reading “None o' your tricks, boy!”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “None o' your tricks, boy!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
done under pressure
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HUSKING FROLIC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Betsy!” he cried; “he's goin' to shoot Gilbert!”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “None o' your tricks, boy!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jake Fairthorn rushed into Dr. Deane's door with a howl of terror.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “None o' your tricks, boy!”
Chapter 18 of The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor holds 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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 18 holds 222 sentences of The Story of Kennett, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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