Chapter VIII of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Walz’ Proposition,” is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Walz’ Proposition,” is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock. Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell. “Get away from there, you!” The man dropped the rock. Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
Chapter VIII of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, “Walz’ Proposition,” is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “crouch” — bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading “The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.”
an estimate based on little or no information
From this reading “Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.”
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading “Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.”
hit hard
From this reading “Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.”
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.”
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.”
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 “Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.”
take and lift upward
In this reading “The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.”
run away from confinement
In this reading ““Get away from there, you!””
In this reading “The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Get away from there, you!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
past form of “crouch” — bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The man dropped the rock.
a boy or man
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Get away from there, you!”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get away from there, you!”
an estimate based on little or no information
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man dropped the rock.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
hit hard
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Get away from there, you!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading Startled, he whirled and ran for the trees.
which person or people
From this reading The tall fellow, who crouched by the car, picked up a rock.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Guessing that he meant to smash the door handle, Jack let out a wild yell.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Get away from there, you!”
Chapter 8 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow by Don Palmer holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 8 holds 167 sentences of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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