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Chapter 20 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NAVAL ENCOUNTER. “Jack, this is glorious!” “You may well say that, Tom. I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.” At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
Chapter 20 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading “At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.”
come together
From this reading “A NAVAL ENCOUNTER.”
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.””
plural of “knot” — a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading “At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.”
connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
From this reading “A NAVAL ENCOUNTER.”
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
being five more than twenty
From this reading “At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.””
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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 A NAVAL ENCOUNTER.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
come together
From this reading A NAVAL ENCOUNTER.
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “Jack, this is glorious!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Jack, this is glorious!”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Jack, this is glorious!”
plural of “knot” — a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
From this reading A NAVAL ENCOUNTER.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
express in words
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Jack, this is glorious!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
male cat
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
being five more than twenty
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I’m enjoying myself as much as if I were on a vacation.”
a Caucasian
From this reading At twenty-five knots an hour the _White Shark_ was cutting along on her voyage to the south.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You may well say that, Tom.
Chapter 20 of The Boy Inventors' Diving Torpedo Boat by Richard Bonner holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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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