Chapter XV of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Dog’s Parachute,” is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XV
Chapter XV of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Dog’s Parachute,” is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence. She had paused to consider her own plight. She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape. The only answer to such a problem was retreat. But which way?
Chapter XV of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Dog’s Parachute,” is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
From this reading “She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.”
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
From this reading “She had paused to consider her own plight.”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “The only answer to such a problem was retreat.”
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading “The only answer to such a problem was retreat.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.”
a just detectable amount
From this reading “She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.”
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In this reading “She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.”
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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 The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
react verbally
From this reading The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But which way?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
deem to be
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
not any; not one
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
and nothing more
From this reading The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had paused to consider her own plight.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The only answer to such a problem was retreat.
confined on all sides
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
a just detectable amount
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She had lost all trace of the trail, was surrounded by smoke and flames and knew of no certain way of escape.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But which way?
showing curiosity
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading By this time you are wondering what had happened to Florence.
Chapter 15 of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 15 holds 143 sentences of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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