Chapter XXI of Boy Scout Explorers at Emerald Valley, “A Mission,” is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXI of Boy Scout Explorers at Emerald Valley, “A Mission,” is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor. “Where you fellows been?” Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents. “We thought you were lost on the mountain.” “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
Chapter XXI of Boy Scout Explorers at Emerald Valley, “A Mission,” is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading ““You don’t think we’d be that dumb?””
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
having a sharp inclination
From this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.”
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a cheerful and agreeable mood
In this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
In this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
In this reading “Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.”
In this reading ““We thought you were lost on the mountain.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Where you fellows been?”
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
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From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “Where you fellows been?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
no longer active in your work or profession
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
having a sharp inclination
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ken demanded as the party retired to the shelter of the tents.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t think we’d be that dumb?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We thought you were lost on the mountain.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where you fellows been?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Spent from the long, hard climb up the steep trail, War and Willie nevertheless greeted the other Scouts with good humor.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where you fellows been?”
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