Chapter 8 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HA! HA! BIG JOKE! The game on the following Saturday was strange. Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
Chapter 8 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “The game on the following Saturday was strange.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “The game on the following Saturday was strange.”
“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 “Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “BIG JOKE!”
past form of “journey” — undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “The game on the following Saturday was strange.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.”
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any thing at all
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading BIG JOKE!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading HA!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
“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 Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading BIG JOKE!
past form of “journey” — undertake a journey or trip
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The game on the following Saturday was strange.
in or at the place that
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
which person or people
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Johnny, who journeyed with the team to Chehalis, where the game was to be played, had never seen anything like it.
Chapter 8 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 255 sentences, grouped into 51 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 8 holds 255 sentences of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Red Dynamite: A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 255 sentences, grouped into 51 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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