Chapter 15 of Frank Allen at Old Moose Lake is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of Frank Allen at Old Moose Lake is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise. It was a bear that blocked their path. Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern: “Oh, Buster! Buster!
Chapter 15 of Frank Allen at Old Moose Lake is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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closed to traffic
From this reading “It was a bear that blocked their path.”
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading “Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:”
A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading “Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.”
a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
From this reading “Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:”
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.”
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 “ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.”
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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 It was a bear that blocked their path.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
have
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
closed to traffic
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Buster!
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
a course of conduct
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROBBED The boys gasped, not any more in fright than in surprise.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frank made a megaphone of his hands, calling to Buster at the opening of the cavern:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a bear that blocked their path.
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