Chapter 10 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!" "Get behind a tree, quick!" "Run, Buster, run for your life! It'll get you!" George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
Chapter 10 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an informal form of address for a man
From this reading “MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
be silly or tease one another
From this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
cut off or left behind
From this reading “MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “"Get behind a tree, quick!"”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
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.
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In this reading “George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.”
In this reading “"Get behind a tree, quick!"”
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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 "Get behind a tree, quick!"
Having no one else present.
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "Get behind a tree, quick!"
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Run, Buster, run for your life!
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get behind a tree, quick!"
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It'll get you!"
be silly or tease one another
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
go away from a place
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Run, Buster, run for your life!
cut off or left behind
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Get behind a tree, quick!"
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Run, Buster, run for your life!
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
the upper part of anything
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading "Get behind a tree, quick!"
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
a message informing of danger
From this reading George, Herb and Josh sent these warning cries at the top of their voices.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MAROONED "Leave it alone, you Buster!"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Run, Buster, run for your life!
Chapter 10 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes by Louis Arundel holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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 10 holds 138 sentences of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes by Louis Arundel exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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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