Chapter 34 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter 34 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A LIVELY TIME. It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn. As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse. He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice: “Help! fire! help!”
Chapter 34 of Tour of the Zero Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.”
house for a farmer and family
From this reading “As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.”
full of life and energy
From this reading “A LIVELY TIME.”
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading “It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.”
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.”
move hurridly
From this reading “As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.”
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading “He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:”
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
From this reading “It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.”
In this reading “He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:”
jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
In this reading “As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LIVELY TIME.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
having the head uncovered
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
the act of burning something
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
house for a farmer and family
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Help! fire! help!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Help! fire! help!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
full of life and energy
From this reading A LIVELY TIME.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
move hurridly
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
cut with a saw
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As they neared it they saw a man rush out of the kitchen of the farmhouse.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading A LIVELY TIME.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
the upper part of anything
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was bareheaded and screaming at the top of his voice:
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
From this reading It took the members of the Zero Club less than two minutes to reach the burning barn.
Chapter 34 of Tour of the Zero Club by Edward Stratemeyer holds 85 sentences, grouped into 17 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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