Chapter 7 of The Banner Boy Scouts is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Banner Boy Scouts is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!" "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!" "Look out for a trap. Once bitten, twice shy. Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
Chapter 7 of The Banner Boy Scouts is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"”
inflected form of “bite” — to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “Once bitten, twice shy.”
plural of “feller” — a person who fells trees
From this reading “Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.”
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"”
start suddenly, as from fright
From this reading “Once bitten, twice shy.”
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading “"Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Look out for a trap.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
any thing at all
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
inflected form of “bite” — to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading Once bitten, twice shy.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
plural of “feller” — a person who fells trees
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Look out for a trap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
and nothing more
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look out for a trap.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
on one occasion
From this reading Once bitten, twice shy.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Look out for a trap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
by chance
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
start suddenly, as from fright
From this reading Once bitten, twice shy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Don't seem to be anything stirring, fellows!"
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading THE TRAP THAT PELEG SET "There's Growdy's shack and barns!"
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Perhaps he's just laying for some fellers to come along, and play some more paintin' job trick.
two times
From this reading Once bitten, twice shy.
Chapter 7 of The Banner Boy Scouts by George A. Warren holds 75 sentences, grouped into 15 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 7 holds 75 sentences of The Banner Boy Scouts, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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