Chapter IV of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Haunted Pool,” is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IV
Chapter IV of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Haunted Pool,” is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek. His step was light, his heart was gay. And why not? Had he not fulfilled his mission? Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
Chapter IV of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys, “The Haunted Pool,” is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
completed to perfection
From this reading “Had he not fulfilled his mission?”
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
From this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “Had he not fulfilled his mission?”
repeated heavy blows
From this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
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In this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
In this reading “Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.”
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
completed to perfection
From this reading Had he not fulfilled his mission?
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had he not fulfilled his mission?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had he not fulfilled his mission?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading Had he not fulfilled his mission?
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading Had he not discovered the much needed half-back for the Hillcrest coach?
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And why not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
repeated heavy blows
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day Johnny disappeared among the rhododendrons and mountain ivy that grow along the right bank of Pounding Mill Creek.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His step was light, his heart was gay.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading And why not?
Chapter 4 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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 4 holds 181 sentences of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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