Chapter 21 of Bob, the photographer is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Bob, the photographer is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right. There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon. Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out. Bob followed. “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
Chapter 21 of Bob, the photographer is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.”
plural of “hick” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading “Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.”
someone who takes photographs professionally
From this reading “BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading ““Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.”
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading “Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.”
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.”
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.”
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 “There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.”
In this reading “Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.”
In this reading “BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Bob followed.
plural of “hick” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
on one occasion
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
above and across; more than
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
someone who takes photographs professionally
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “Is it O. K.?” queried Bob.
precisely, exactly
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
only a very short time before
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hicks at once jumped down and strode over to the turn-out.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading BOB IN THE WOODS The young photographer was right.
Chapter 21 of Bob, the photographer by Edward Stratemeyer holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
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