Chapter 5 of Fire at Red Lake: Sandy Steele Adventures #4 is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Fire at Red Lake: Sandy Steele Adventures #4 is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sandy was puzzled. “One thing I don’t understand. Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?” Macauley grinned. “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
Chapter 5 of Fire at Red Lake: Sandy Steele Adventures #4 is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
sloping down rather steeply
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
more quickly
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading “Macauley grinned.”
an impelling force or strength
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?””
against difficulties
From this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
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take and lift upward
In this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
In this reading ““Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.””
In this reading “Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?””
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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 “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One thing I don’t understand.
sloping down rather steeply
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
more quickly
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading Macauley grinned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “One thing I don’t understand.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Macauley grinned.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
an impelling force or strength
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One thing I don’t understand.
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading Sandy was puzzled.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading Sandy was puzzled.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
a special situation
From this reading “One thing I don’t understand.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “One thing I don’t understand.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
against difficulties
From this reading “Because fire burns a lot faster and picks up more momentum going uphill than it does going downhill.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sandy was puzzled.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why are you making the fire line on the slope away from the fire?”
Chapter 5 of Fire at Red Lake: Sandy Steele Adventures #4 by Robert Leckie holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 424 sentences of Fire at Red Lake: Sandy Steele Adventures #4, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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