Chapter 28 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS. "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?" Charley said. "I can do better than that. I can take you across.
Chapter 28 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 122 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, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “I can take you across.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “"PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.”
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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 "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I can take you across.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
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From this reading "I can do better than that.
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
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From this reading Charley said.
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From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.
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From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I can do better than that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can do better than that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
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From this reading Charley said.
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From this reading I can take you across.
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From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "I can do better than that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I can do better than that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE TWO CALLERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
in or at the place that
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "PERHAPS you can tell us how far we will have to go up this river before we find a place where we can cross?"
