Chapter 20 of The Adventure Club Afloat is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Adventure Club Afloat is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water. "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe. "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?" "Why not? We'll have a go at it, anyway.
Chapter 20 of The Adventure Club Afloat is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “We'll have a go at it, anyway.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.”
worn and broken down by hard use
From this reading “THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.”
scraped or touched lightly in passing
From this reading “"It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.”
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading “"It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.”
a strong line
From this reading “"Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"”
push forcefully
From this reading “THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading We'll have a go at it, anyway.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We'll have a go at it, anyway.
only a very short time before
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
worn and broken down by hard use
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We'll have a go at it, anyway.
scraped or touched lightly in passing
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We'll have a go at it, anyway.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
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From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
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From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
immediately past
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not?
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
a strong line
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
push forcefully
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Could we get a rope to that, Steve?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It's the ledge we grazed last night," cried Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll have a go at it, anyway.
belonging to which person
From this reading THE DERELICT It was a rock whose brown head was thrust barely two feet above the water.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not?
Chapter 20 of The Adventure Club Afloat by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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