Chapter 24 of The Voice in the Fog is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Voice in the Fog is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion. Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend. "What's the row, Crawffy?" "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford. "Follow me.
Chapter 24 of The Voice in the Fog is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “automatic” — light machine gun
From this reading “Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.”
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
From this reading “"Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.”
powerfully or vigorously
From this reading “Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.”
past form of “procure” — get by special effort
From this reading “Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “"What's the row, Crawffy?"”
in a violent manner
From this reading “Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
later than; following
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
plural of “automatic” — light machine gun
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the row, Crawffy?"
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "Follow me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Follow me.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
powerfully or vigorously
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
past form of “procure” — get by special effort
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading "What's the row, Crawffy?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
in a violent manner
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the row, Crawffy?"
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
From this reading Meanwhile the whirligig had gone about violently after this fashion.
showing curiosity
From this reading Forbes, wondering mightily, procured his automatics and gave one to his impatient friend.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Be as silent as you can," said Crawford.
Chapter 24 of The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 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 24 holds 245 sentences of The Voice in the Fog, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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