Chapter 23 of Young Auctioneers is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Young Auctioneers is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALONG THE RIVER. Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent. A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him. It seemed too bold-faced to be true. "Our man?" he stammered.
Chapter 23 of Young Auctioneers is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading “A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.”
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading “A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.”
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading “A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.”
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 “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
In this reading “ALONG THE 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 A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
Chapter 23 of Young Auctioneers by Edward Stratemeyer holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 23 holds 133 sentences of Young Auctioneers, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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