Chapter 1 of The Yellow Phantom: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Phantom: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Goodbye, Judy! Goodbye, Irene! Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!” “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline! Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Phantom: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading “Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.”
a farewell remark
From this reading ““Goodbye, Judy!”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!””
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading ““Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!”
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading ““Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!””
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!””
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become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading “Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!””
In this reading ““Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
a farewell remark
From this reading “Goodbye, Judy!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Goodbye, Irene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Goodbye, Judy!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Don’t keep them too long, Pauline!
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Farringdon will be as dead as so many bricks without them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t like New York so well that you won’t want to come home!”
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Phantom: A Judy Bolton Mystery by Margaret Sutton holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 1 holds 130 sentences of The Yellow Phantom: A Judy Bolton Mystery, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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