Chapter XVII of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Phantom of Superior,” is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVII of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Phantom of Superior,” is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?” “Yes. Why?” “He’s got me all excited. Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
Chapter XVII of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Phantom of Superior,” is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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behave as expected during of holidays or rites
From this reading “Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.””
enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading “Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.””
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading ““He’s got me all excited.”
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading ““Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?””
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 ““Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?””
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading ““Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?””
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading ““Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?””
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.””
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.
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In this reading “Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.””
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
(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 “He’s got me all excited.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “He’s got me all excited.
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
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 “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
the act of departing
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “He’s got me all excited.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s got me all excited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He’s got me all excited.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
which person or people
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why?”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Let’s celebrate our wonderful luck getting that Government contract by going fishing.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Jeanne,” said Florence, “do you remember that man over at Rock Harbor lodge who was always talking about fishing?”
Chapter 17 of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 17 holds 118 sentences of Third Warning: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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