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Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point

Chapter XIV

Chapter 14 of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alice B. Emerson • Curated US English Learning Edition
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THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.
A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.
They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.
Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.
They had part of that fish for supper.
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Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point

Chapter XIV

Chapter 14 of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.
/ðə ˈtrædʒɪk ˈɪnsədənt ɪn ə ˈfɪʃɪŋ ɪkˈskɜːrʒən ðə bɔɪz hæd rɪˈtɜːrnd wen ðə ˈpɑːrti droʊv bæk tuː ðə ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ frʌm ðə ˈlaɪthaʊs/
Line 2
A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.
Line 3
They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.
Line 4
Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.
Line 5
They had part of that fish for supper.
/ðeɪ hæd pɑːrt ʌv ðæt fɪʃ fɔːr ˈsʌpər/

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bungalow noun US /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/

a small house with a single story

From this reading “THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
excursion noun US /ɪkˈskɜːrʒən/

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading “THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.”

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fished verb US /fɪʃt/

past form of “fish” — seek indirectly

From this reading “They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.”

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flapping noun US /ˈflæpɪŋ/

the motion made by flapping up and down

From this reading “Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.”

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halibut noun US /ˈhæləbət/

lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

From this reading “They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.”

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hook verb US /hʊk/

fasten with a hook

From this reading “Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.”

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lighthouse noun US /ˈlaɪthaʊs/

a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

From this reading “THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.”

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tragic adjective US /ˈtrædʒɪk/

very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

From this reading “THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.”

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Word partnerships in these lines

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.

FISHING EXCURSION noun + noun

In this reading “THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.”

212 times in 426,212 chapters
for supper preposition + noun

In this reading “They had part of that fish for supper.”

6,081 times in 426,212 chapters
over the side preposition + article + noun counted as “over … side”

In this reading “Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.”

5,884 times in 426,212 chapters
all three adjective + noun

In this reading “Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.”

13,645 times in 426,212 chapters

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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advicenounUS /ædˈvaɪs/

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
bigadjectiveUS /bɪɡ/

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
boatkeeper's

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From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

Pending verification
Bobbins

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From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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boysnounUS /bɔɪz/

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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bungalownounUS /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/

a small house with a single story

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
caughtverbUS /kɑːt/

inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

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dearadjectiveUS /dɪr/

dearly loved

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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doneadjectiveUS /dʌn/

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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drovenounUS /droʊv/

a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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EXCURSIONnounUS /ɪkˈskɜːrʒən/

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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fineadjectiveUS /faɪn/

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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fishnounUS /fɪʃ/

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fishedverbUS /fɪʃt/

past form of “fish” — seek indirectly

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FISHINGnounUS /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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flappingnounUS /ˈflæpɪŋ/

the motion made by flapping up and down

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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getverbUS /ɡet/

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
girlsnounUS /ɡɜːrlz/

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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hadn't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Pending verification
halibutnounUS /ˈhæləbət/

lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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hookverbUS /hʊk/

fasten with a hook

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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INCIDENTnounUS /ˈɪnsədənt/

a single distinct event

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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interestingadjectiveUS /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
lighthousenounUS /ˈlaɪthaʊs/

a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Man'snounUS /mænz/

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
milesnounUS /maɪlz/

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
partnounUS /pɑːrt/

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading They had part of that fish for supper.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
partynounUS /ˈpɑːrti/

an organization to gain political power

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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Purling

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Pending verification
returnedverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrnd/

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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Shoalnoun

a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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sidenounUS /saɪd/

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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sixty-five-pound

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From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

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suppernounUS /ˈsʌpər/

a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

From this reading They had part of that fish for supper.

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading They had part of that fish for supper.

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They had fished for halibut and had caught a sixty-five-pound one.

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threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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tookverbUS /tʊk/

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
TRAGICadjectiveUS /ˈtrædʒɪk/

very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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twenty-odd

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From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

Pending verification
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A lighthouse might be interesting, and it was fine to see twenty-odd miles to the No Man's Shoal, and Mother Purling might be a _dear_--but the girls hadn't done anything, and the boys had.

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whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION The boys had returned when the party drove back to the bungalow from the lighthouse.

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Bobbins had got it on his hook; but it took all three of them, with the boatkeeper's advice, to get the big, flapping fish over the side.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Vocabulary met early in Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fielding
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Briarwood
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cloth
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.