Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell's Cruise is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell's Cruise is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SLIPPERY MR. COOLER. Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht. They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore. Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell's Cruise is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading “Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.”
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading “Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.”
a refrigerator for cooling liquids
From this reading “COOLER.”
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.”
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.”
past form of “row” — propel with oars
From this reading “They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.”
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
From this reading “SLIPPERY MR.”
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading “Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
a refrigerator for cooling liquids
From this reading COOLER.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
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From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
a form of address for a man
From this reading SLIPPERY MR.
past form of “row” — propel with oars
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
From this reading SLIPPERY MR.
in the near future
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading They took guns, and Hans soon rowed the boat ashore.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
in or at the place that
From this reading Bart and Bruce came down the bank and told them where they had been and what they had seen.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading Immediately Diamond and Dunnerwust got into the boat, which floated beside the yacht.
Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell's Cruise by Burt L. Standish holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 27 holds 147 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Cruise, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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