Chapter 9 of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!" "Yes, I see him!" "Look at him run!" "No wonder. Consider his long legs, Ned.
Chapter 9 of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading “OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"”
deem to be
From this reading “Consider his long legs, Ned.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"”
staying power
From this reading “Consider his long legs, Ned.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “"Look at him run!"”
male cat
From this reading “OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “"No wonder.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, I see him!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Look at him run!"
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
deem to be
From this reading Consider his long legs, Ned.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes, I see him!"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Consider his long legs, Ned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I see him!"
staying power
From this reading Consider his long legs, Ned.
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 Consider his long legs, Ned.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look at him run!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Consider his long legs, Ned.
not any; not one
From this reading "No wonder.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Look at him run!"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Yes, I see him!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
male cat
From this reading OFF FOR THE BORDER "There he goes, Tom!"
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "No wonder.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I see him!"
Chapter 9 of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight by Victor Appleton holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 138 sentences of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight by Victor Appleton exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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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