Chapter XIX of Whispers at Dawn, “A Whisper from Afar,” is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIX
Chapter XIX of Whispers at Dawn, “A Whisper from Afar,” is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic." "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared. "Want to take you somewhere. Been working on clues all day. Tired.
Chapter XIX of Whispers at Dawn, “A Whisper from Afar,” is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."”
plural of “clue” — a slight indication
From this reading “Been working on clues all day.”
jump lightly
From this reading “"Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “"Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.”
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading “Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “"Want to take you somewhere.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “Been working on clues all day.”
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 “Been working on clues all day.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
a youthful male person
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
plural of “clue” — a slight indication
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
jump lightly
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
in or at or to some place
From this reading "Want to take you somewhere.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
carry out
From this reading "Want to take you somewhere.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading Tired.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Late that afternoon Captain Burns' car came to a stop before the "House of Magic."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Want to take you somewhere.
at the time that
From this reading "Hop in," he said to Johnny when the boy appeared.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading Been working on clues all day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Want to take you somewhere.
Chapter 19 of Whispers at Dawn by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 19 holds 154 sentences of Whispers at Dawn, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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