Chapter 27 of Reuben Stone's discovery is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Reuben Stone's discovery is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHASE. I came to my senses with a start. The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm. A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion. I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
Chapter 27 of Reuben Stone's discovery is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “THE CHASE.”
the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
From this reading “The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.”
lively and spirited
From this reading “The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.”
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading “A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “I came to my senses with a start.”
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading “The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.”
In this reading “I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
lacking funds
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading THE CHASE.
the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
lively and spirited
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
above and across; more than
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
precisely, exactly
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHASE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was on a rock some distance from Rock Island.
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading A wave broke over my face, and I sat up in a dazed fashion.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The cooling waters were dashing over my right arm.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I came to my senses with a start.
Chapter 27 of Reuben Stone's discovery by Edward Stratemeyer holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 27 holds 109 sentences of Reuben Stone's discovery, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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