Chapter 25 of Hiking Westward is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Hiking Westward is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUTFITTING “Andy! Andy! Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother. “Ted! Ted!
Chapter 25 of Hiking Westward is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
From this reading “OUTFITTING “Andy!”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading ““Ted!”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OUTFITTING “Andy!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
From this reading OUTFITTING “Andy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “Ted!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come quick!” shouted Phil, as he leaped across the campfire and ran to his brother.
Chapter 25 of Hiking Westward by Roger William Conant holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 25 holds 201 sentences of Hiking Westward, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 25 of Hiking Westward by Roger William Conant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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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