Chapter 2 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!" "Pull him out!" "Yes, before he gets under the float!" "He can't swim! He's too exhausted!"
Chapter 2 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"”
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading “THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"”
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading “He's too exhausted!"”
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “"Yes, before he gets under the float!"”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “"Yes, before he gets under the float!"”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “"Pull him out!"”
travel through water
From this reading “"He can't swim!”
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
a youthful male person
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He can't swim!
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading He's too exhausted!"
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's too exhausted!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Pull him out!"
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Pull him out!"
cause to move by pulling
From this reading "Pull him out!"
travel through water
From this reading "He can't swim!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE NEW BOY "There goes Dock!"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He's too exhausted!"
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, before he gets under the float!"
Chapter 2 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club by Clarence Young holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 2 holds 145 sentences of Jack Ranger's Gun Club, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club by Clarence Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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