Chapter 11 of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!" "No, over this way!" "I tell you the door's here!" Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room. They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
Chapter 11 of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bang” — strike violently
From this reading “They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.”
possessive form of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “"I tell you the door's here!"”
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading “THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.”
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading “They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.”
past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading “Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.”
inflected form of “trip” — miss a step and fall or nearly fall
From this reading “They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
past form of “bang” — strike violently
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
possessive form of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "I tell you the door's here!"
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I tell you the door's here!"
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I tell you the door's here!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
of an obscure nature
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, over this way!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
above and across; more than
From this reading "No, over this way!"
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
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From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
containing smoke
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
express in words
From this reading "I tell you the door's here!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus cried Bob, Sammy and Frank as they stumbled about in the mysterious smoke-filled room.
inflected form of “trip” — miss a step and fall or nearly fall
From this reading They banged into the bed, tripped over chairs, and slammed into the table.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE STRANGE HERMIT "Come on, fellows, this way!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I tell you the door's here!"
Chapter 11 of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery by Frederick Gordon holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 11 holds 153 sentences of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery by Frederick Gordon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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