Chapter 20 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN? When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets. His face was a deadly white. “What is it, Boxy?” “What do you see?”
Chapter 20 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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resembling a box in rectangularity
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
curving or bulging outward
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading “His face was a deadly white.”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
temporary military shelter
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
plural of “socket” — a bony hollow into which a structure fits
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.”
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In this reading “His face was a deadly white.”
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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 His face was a deadly white.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
resembling a box in rectangularity
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
curving or bulging outward
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading His face was a deadly white.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you see?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His face was a deadly white.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
set up or found
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
temporary military shelter
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it, Boxy?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
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From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “What do you see?”
plural of “socket” — a bony hollow into which a structure fits
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His face was a deadly white.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
at the time that
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
a Caucasian
From this reading His face was a deadly white.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading When the others reached the outside of the hut they found Boxy staring wildly, his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you see?”
Chapter 20 of Tour of the Zero Club by Edward Stratemeyer holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 20 holds 103 sentences of Tour of the Zero Club, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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