Chapter 5 of Boy Scouts in the Northwest is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Boy Scouts in the Northwest is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Smugglers!" Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern. "Smugglers, all right, all right!" Ned looked the tins over carefully. They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
Chapter 5 of Boy Scouts in the Northwest is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.”
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading “They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.”
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
From this reading “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
plural of “smuggler” — someone who imports or exports without paying duties
From this reading “"Smugglers!"”
plural of “tin” — a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
not yet opened or unsealed
From this reading “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
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 “Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.”
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 They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
(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 "Smugglers, all right, all right!"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
the quantity that can be contained in the arms
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Ned looked the tins over carefully.
A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
not accessible to view
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
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 They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Ned looked the tins over carefully.
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From this reading Ned looked the tins over carefully.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
above and across; more than
From this reading Ned looked the tins over carefully.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Smugglers, all right, all right!"
plural of “smuggler” — someone who imports or exports without paying duties
From this reading "Smugglers!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
plural of “tin” — a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
not yet opened or unsealed
From this reading Frank exclaimed, dropping an armful of unopened opium tins on the floor of the cavern.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were well covered with Chinese characters, and were dirty, as if they had been hidden away in the earth for a long time.
Chapter 5 of Boy Scouts in the Northwest by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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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