Chapter 1 of Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO. Made in U.S.A. “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!” “I should say it was, Herb.” “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
Chapter 1 of Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading ““That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!””
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading ““I should say it was, Herb.””
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading ““That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!””
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.”
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading ““He nearly pitched his head off, too.”
finding a solution to a problem
From this reading “Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.”
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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 Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading “I should say it was, Herb.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I should say it was, Herb.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Made in U.S.A.
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I should say it was, Herb.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
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From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Made in U.S.A.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Made in U.S.A.
express in words
From this reading “I should say it was, Herb.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I should say it was, Herb.”
finding a solution to a problem
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That was a hard game for Macklin to lose, fellows!”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “He nearly pitched his head off, too.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Made in U.S.A.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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Chapter 1 of Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Louis Arundel holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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 1 holds 132 sentences of Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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