Chapter 11 of Walker of the Secret Service is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Walker of the Secret Service is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory. The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him. He had been long concealed. But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him. He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
Chapter 11 of Walker of the Secret Service is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not accessible to view
From this reading “He had been long concealed.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
not taken into account
From this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.”
sweep across or over
From this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.”
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the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
In this reading “The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.”
In this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
In this reading “He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.”
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 The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been long concealed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
not accessible to view
From this reading He had been long concealed.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
a young female
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been long concealed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
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 He had been long concealed.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
come together
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
not taken into account
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
cut with a saw
From this reading But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him.
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
sweep across or over
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He sat in a great chair on the long terrace that overlooked the sweep of lawn and the dark, rapid river.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
having passed out of existence
From this reading But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
at the time that
From this reading But my sense of victory vanished when I saw him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Girl in the Picture I advanced to meet the man with a sense of victory.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The United States Secret Service had searched the world for him.
Chapter 11 of Walker of the Secret Service by Melville Davisson Post holds 383 sentences, grouped into 77 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 11 holds 383 sentences of Walker of the Secret Service, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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