Chapter 10 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRICKERY “We’re in it now!” Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water. “The car will be swept away!” Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started. “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
Chapter 10 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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traveling across
From this reading ““You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!””
with great urgency
From this reading “Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.”
American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)
From this reading “Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.”
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
From this reading “TRICKERY “We’re in it now!””
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In this reading ““You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!””
In this reading “Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “The car will be swept away!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “The car will be swept away!”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “The car will be swept away!”
traveling across
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
with great urgency
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
intense and profound fear
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TRICKERY “We’re in it now!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TRICKERY “We’re in it now!”
American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading TRICKERY “We’re in it now!”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
possessing sweep
From this reading “The car will be swept away!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
From this reading TRICKERY “We’re in it now!”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Mr. Livingston tried desperately to get the motor started.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Walz shrieked, staring in horror at the fast-rising water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TRICKERY “We’re in it now!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “The car will be swept away!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You should have seen the water was too deep for a crossing!”
Chapter 10 of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow by Don Palmer holds 161 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.
Chapter 10 holds 161 sentences of Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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