Chapter 9 of With Links of Steel is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of With Links of Steel is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW. The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered. Who was this girl found dead in Central Park? Had she, indeed, been foully murdered? If so, by what mysterious means?
Chapter 9 of With Links of Steel is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.”
serving as an essential component
From this reading “Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?”
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading “The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.”
plural of “strike” — a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
From this reading “NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.”
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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 NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
serving as an essential component
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
in an unfair and insulting manner
From this reading Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?
set up or found
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
a young female
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
killed unlawfully
From this reading Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?
of an obscure nature
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
with speed
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had she, indeed, been foully murdered?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
plural of “strike” — a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
From this reading NICK STRIKES A STARTLING CLEW.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If so, by what mysterious means?
which person or people
From this reading Who was this girl found dead in Central Park?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The mind of Nick Carter was, as he had remarked to Chick, stirred with a flood of questions not easily or quickly answered.
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