Chapter 6 of Rival ocean divers is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Rival ocean divers is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!" "Swim for the ship, boys!" "See, he is coming this way!" "Save me, somebody! Save me!"
Chapter 6 of Rival ocean divers is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “"Swim for the ship, boys!"”
past form of “devour” — destroy completely
From this reading “STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"”
except for; apart from
From this reading “"Save me, somebody!”
transport commercially
From this reading “"Swim for the ship, boys!"”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Save me, somebody!”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"”
travel through water
From this reading “"Swim for the ship, boys!"”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Swim for the ship, boys!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
past form of “devour” — destroy completely
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Swim for the ship, boys!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Save me, somebody!
except for; apart from
From this reading "Save me, somebody!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
transport commercially
From this reading "Swim for the ship, boys!"
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Save me, somebody!
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
travel through water
From this reading "Swim for the ship, boys!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Swim for the ship, boys!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "See, he is coming this way!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading STRUCK BY LIGHTNING "We will be devoured!"
Chapter 6 of Rival ocean divers by Roy Rockwood holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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 6 holds 92 sentences of Rival ocean divers, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Rival ocean divers by Roy Rockwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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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