Chapter 20 of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ESCAPE! The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions. The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles. Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult. But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
Chapter 20 of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 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.
plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading “The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.”
plural of “bond” — an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading “The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.”
constricted in size
From this reading “The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.”
plural of “position” — the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading “The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.”
release, as from one's grip
From this reading “Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.”
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
From this reading “The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.”
undo the ties of
From this reading “But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?”
plural of “wrist” — a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.”
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.
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
In this reading “The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.
causing inconvenience
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
plural of “bond” — an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
constricted in size
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading ESCAPE!
divisible by two
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
plural of “position” — the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
release, as from one's grip
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The boys felt cramped and awkward in their sprawling positions.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
undo the ties of
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But even if they did untie themselves, what could they do?
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Each one worked to release his hands, but the task was difficult.
plural of “wrist” — a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading The bonds cut into their wrists and ankles.
Chapter 20 of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery by George A. Warren holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 20 holds 123 sentences of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Banner Boy Scouts Mystery by George A. Warren exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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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