Chapter 10 of Tom Swift in the City of Gold is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Tom Swift in the City of Gold is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew! What a lot of 'em!" "Bless my fish line! It's a big school!" "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
Chapter 10 of Tom Swift in the City of Gold is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!”
give a benediction to
From this reading “"Bless my fish line!”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “"Bless my fish line!”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “"Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “"Bless my fish line!”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “What a lot of 'em!"”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!”
an educational institution
From this reading “It's a big school!"”
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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 What a lot of 'em!"
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's a big school!"
give a benediction to
From this reading "Bless my fish line!
a quad with a square body
From this reading What a lot of 'em!"
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading "Bless my fish line!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a big school!"
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading "Bless my fish line!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading What a lot of 'em!"
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Bless my fish line!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What a lot of 'em!"
above and across; more than
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
an educational institution
From this reading It's a big school!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "Look how they turn over and over, and leap from the water."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a lot of 'em!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM "Whew!
Chapter 10 of Tom Swift in the City of Gold by Victor Appleton holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 10 holds 121 sentences of Tom Swift in the City of Gold, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Tom Swift in the City of Gold by Victor Appleton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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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