Chapter 19 of Two Boys and a Fortune is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Two Boys and a Fortune is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop. His head felt very queer. “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself. Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing. A terrible fear came to him.
Chapter 19 of Two Boys and a Fortune is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading ““I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.”
worth remembering
From this reading “A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.”
not able to be found
From this reading “Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.”
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading ““I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.”
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
From this reading “Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.”
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading “A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.”
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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 A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
anew
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading A terrible fear came to him.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading His head felt very queer.
set up or found
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His head felt very queer.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A terrible fear came to him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
worth remembering
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
not able to be found
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading His head felt very queer.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
cut with a saw
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading A terrible fear came to him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
a small overnight bag for short trips
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
precisely as stated
From this reading His head felt very queer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then he glanced down at the sidewalk and saw that his valise—a handsome new one—was missing.
at the time that
From this reading A MEMORABLE NIGHT When Rex came to his senses again he found himself leaning against a brown stone stoop.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I wonder if it can be the effect of that glass of punch I drank?” he asked himself.
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