Chapter 9 of The Wreckers is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Wreckers is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard. "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly. He nodded. "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it. There was no harm done.
Chapter 9 of The Wreckers is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
From this reading “"Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.”
make calm or still
From this reading “That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.”
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “"Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “There was no harm done.”
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading “That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “"Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “"Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.”
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 “That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.”
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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 "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
at or in the front
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
make calm or still
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading There was no harm done.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
set up or found
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading There was no harm done.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He nodded.
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no harm done.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading He nodded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
operate an airplane
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no harm done.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading That got her in spite of her heavenly calm and I could see her press her pretty lips together hard.
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From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading "Van Britt was on the pilot engine ahead of my car, and he found it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Was that what they did?" she asked, a bit trembly.
Chapter 9 of The Wreckers by Francis Lynde holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 406 sentences of The Wreckers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Wreckers by Francis Lynde exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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