Chapter 31 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FISH. "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water. "Let's hear it," said the fisherman. The lad hesitated. "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
Chapter 31 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 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.
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “"Let's hear it," said the fisherman.”
an association of criminals
From this reading “"It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"”
highly enthusiastic
From this reading “"I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “The lad hesitated.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “"It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"”
set up or found
From this reading “"I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.”
(of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
From this reading “"I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.”
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “"It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"”
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.
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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 "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading THE FISH.
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading "Let's hear it," said the fisherman.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
an association of criminals
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
highly enthusiastic
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Let's hear it," said the fisherman.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading The lad hesitated.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
someone who hunts game
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Let's hear it," said the fisherman.
and nothing more
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
a boy or man
From this reading The lad hesitated.
set up or found
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's hear it," said the fisherman.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
(of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
on the contrary
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FISH.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "It sounds rather impudent, but I want to know just how good a friend you are to Hunter and his gang?"
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 "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I HAVE rather a personal question to ask you, Captain Brown," Charley said, as the launch ploughed her way through the glowing water.
Chapter 31 of The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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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