Chapter 24 of Youth Challenges is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of Youth Challenges is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted. She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning. Then she opened the door and called: "It's me. Anybody home?" Nobody replied.
Chapter 24 of Youth Challenges is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.”
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.”
disregarded
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
on a floor above
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.”
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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 She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
any person at all
From this reading Anybody home?"
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Anybody home?"
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
disregarded
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody replied.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading Nobody replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
on a floor above
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
a message informing of danger
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
in or at the place that
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Chapter 24 of Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 268 sentences, grouped into 54 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 24 holds 268 sentences of Youth Challenges, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
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