Chapter 17 of Boy Scouts in a Submarine is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Boy Scouts in a Submarine is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT." "I guess they've got Ned!" Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam. "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom." "You just wait!"
Chapter 17 of Boy Scouts in a Submarine is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the lower side of anything
From this reading “"If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"I guess they've got Ned!"”
emerge from the eggs
From this reading “Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."”
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
From this reading “"If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."”
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading “Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.”
close violently
From this reading “Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.”
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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 "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
the lower side of anything
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I guess they've got Ned!"
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "I guess they've got Ned!"
emerge from the eggs
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I guess they've got Ned!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
and nothing more
From this reading "You just wait!"
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I guess they've got Ned!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "MAKING A GOOD JOB OF IT."
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
close violently
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I guess they've got Ned!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "You just wait!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they have, we'll ram 'em to the bottom."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jimmie cried, as the heavy hatch of the Shark closed with a slam.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You just wait!"
Chapter 17 of Boy Scouts in a Submarine by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson holds 169 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 17 holds 169 sentences of Boy Scouts in a Submarine, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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