Chapter 29 of Among the River Pirates is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Among the River Pirates is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!” Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him. Skippy sat up, startled. Mugs barked blatantly. “What’s up, huh?
Chapter 29 of Among the River Pirates is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
From this reading “Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.”
past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading “Mugs barked blatantly.”
in a blatant manner
From this reading “Mugs barked blatantly.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!””
plural of “mug” — the quantity that can be held in a mug
From this reading “Mugs barked blatantly.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.”
bypass
From this reading “GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!””
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
From this reading “Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse 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 “GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!””
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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading Mugs barked blatantly.
in a blatant manner
From this reading Mugs barked blatantly.
a youthful male person
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up, huh?
tell false information to for fun
From this reading GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!”
plural of “mug” — the quantity that can be held in a mug
From this reading Mugs barked blatantly.
information about recent and important events
From this reading GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Skippy sat up, startled.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
bypass
From this reading GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOOD NEWS “Skip—Skippy, kid!”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading Skippy sat up, startled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
From this reading Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Skippy sat up, startled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up, huh?
Chapter 29 of Among the River Pirates by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 49 sentences, grouped into 10 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 29 holds 49 sentences of Among the River Pirates, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Among the River Pirates by Percy Keese Fitzhugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 49 sentences, grouped into 10 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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