Chapter 15 of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!" "Get the boat!" "Snap! Jump in and get her!" "Oh, Flossie!"
Chapter 15 of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “"Get the boat!"”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"Get the boat!"”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Jump in and get her!"”
not able to be found
From this reading “THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"”
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading “THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “"Snap!”
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 MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jump in and get her!"
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Get the boat!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get the boat!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jump in and get her!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Jump in and get her!"
not able to be found
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Flossie!"
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "Snap!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in 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 MISSING SANDWICHES "Flossie is in the water!"
Chapter 15 of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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 15 holds 162 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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