Chapter 17 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE MYSTERIES. "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared. "I wish you could go, Captain. I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him. I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
Chapter 17 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “"I wish you could go, Captain.”
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “"WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “"WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.”
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “MORE MYSTERIES.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “"WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “"I wish you could go, Captain.”
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.
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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 "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
and nothing more
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
immediately past
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE MYSTERIES.
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MORE MYSTERIES.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
above and across; more than
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
on the contrary
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
up to a particular time
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "WE have got to get a doctor just as quick as we can," Charley declared.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I'm afraid he will not last till you can get a doctor over here."
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would rather be with him and do what little I can for him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I wish you could go, Captain.
Chapter 17 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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 17 holds 138 sentences of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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