Chapter II of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Trouble in Camp,” is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter II of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Trouble in Camp,” is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cold night air seeped through the tent walls. Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up. What had awakened him? Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world. All was quiet.
Chapter II of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Trouble in Camp,” is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “What had awakened him?”
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.”
in a restless manner
From this reading “Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.”
past form of “seep” — pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
From this reading “Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.”
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.
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large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll
In this reading “Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.”
In this reading “Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All was quiet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
aroused or activated
From this reading What had awakened him?
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had awakened him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What had awakened him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading All was quiet.
in a restless manner
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
past form of “seep” — pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
the state of being asleep
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jack Hartwell stirred restlessly in his sleeping bag and sat up.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Cold night air seeped through the tent walls.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All was quiet.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had awakened him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Beside him, Ken and Willie were dead to the world.
Chapter 2 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow by Don Palmer holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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