Chapter 10 of Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared. Then he looked at the ground. Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil. "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'." He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
Chapter 10 of Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.”
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading “TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.”
make a painting
From this reading “TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.”
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
From this reading “TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.”
select carefully from a group
From this reading “He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.”
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading “"The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."”
past form of “smear” — stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
From this reading “TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.”
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading “Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.”
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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 Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he looked at the ground.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
a boy or man
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
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From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Then he looked at the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
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 Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Then he looked at the ground.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
make a painting
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
select carefully from a group
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
cut with a saw
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
past form of “smear” — stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he looked at the ground.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
male cat
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
having come into contact
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He stopped, but not to pick up a rock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Below the window was a long smooth mark on the soil.
at the time that
From this reading "The fellow had jumped from that window," said he, "slid when he touched the groun'."
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading TOM TURNS DETECTIVE As Tom rose he saw that the fresh paint on the pantry window ledge had been smeared.
Chapter 10 of Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Percy Keese Fitzhugh 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.
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