Chapter 9 of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!" The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors. Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone. "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked. The proprietor shook his head.
Chapter 9 of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not being in a specified place
From this reading “The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.”
cause to stop
From this reading “ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"”
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
From this reading “Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.”
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading “The proprietor shook his head.”
a hotel located in a resort area
From this reading “The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.”
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
From this reading “ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"”
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.”
plural of “straggler” — someone who strays or falls behind
From this reading “ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"”
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at or in the front
In this reading “The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.”
In this reading “The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.”
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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 men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
not being in a specified place
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
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From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
cause to stop
From this reading ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
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 proprietor shook his head.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
From this reading Instead of ordering his men to go in, he entered alone.
by chance
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading The proprietor shook his head.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
a hotel located in a resort area
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
From this reading ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The proprietor shook his head.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
plural of “straggler” — someone who strays or falls behind
From this reading ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ROUNDING UP THE STRAGGLERS "Halt!"
in or at the place that
From this reading The men came to a quick stop in front of a resort where Dan thought he might possibly find some of the absent sailors.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you any American sailors here?" he asked.
Chapter 9 of The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service by Frank Gee Patchin holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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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