Chapter 21 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!" "What's all the row about?" "Buster's fallen in again! Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!" "There he comes up!
Chapter 21 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “"There he comes up!”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “"Buster's fallen in again!”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!"”
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading “Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"”
a strong line
From this reading “Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “"What's all the row about?"”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!"”
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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bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “"There he comes up!”
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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 Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "What's all the row about?"
anew
From this reading "Buster's fallen in again!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "What's all the row about?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Buster's fallen in again!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "There he comes up!
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading "Buster's fallen in again!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There he comes up!
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Buster's fallen in again!
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
a strong line
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading "What's all the row about?"
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody get a rope, and lasso him!"
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading ANOTHER SURPRISE "Help! help!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What's all the row about?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There he comes up!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "There he comes up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's all the row about?"
Chapter 21 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes by Louis Arundel holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 21 holds 153 sentences of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes by Louis Arundel exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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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