The Boy Ranchers

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BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

And though the men surrounding the mysterious prospectors might be scoundrels, in a sense, they did not have orders to be extra vigilant after Dick and Nort had been placed in the tent; so no general guard was kept over the camp.

Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

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Chapter XXII Reading 1/15

The Boy Ranchers Willard F. Baker

Chapter XXII

Chapter 22 of The Boy Ranchers is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did. Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds. And though the men surrounding the mysterious prospectors might be scoundrels, in a sense, they did not have orders to be extra vigilant after Dick and Nort had been placed in the tent; so no general guard was kept over the camp. Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress. Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

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Chapter 22 of The Boy Ranchers is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

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Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

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Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

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Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

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After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “And though the men surrounding the mysterious prospectors might be scoundrels, in a sense, they did not have orders to be extra vigilant after Dick and Nort had been placed in the tent; so no general guard was kept over the camp.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

Mysterious adjective US /mɪˈstɪriəs/

difficult to explain or understand

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

Whatever determiner US /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading “Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And though the men surrounding the mysterious prospectors might be scoundrels, in a sense, they did not have orders to be extra vigilant after Dick and Nort had been placed in the tent; so no general guard was kept over the camp.

accused

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

all

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

BACK

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

Blair

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

camp

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cut

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

dependence

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From this reading Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

Dick

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

due

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

easily

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

else

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

enabled

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

escape

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

extra

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found

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

general

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Greaser

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From this reading Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

guard

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

heroes

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

kept

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lads

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

make

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

men

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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

minds

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

much

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From this reading Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/

difficult to explain or understand

natures

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

Nort

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

oppose

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

orders

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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

out

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

own

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

peculiar

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

Perhaps

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

placed

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Primarily

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

Professor

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

professors

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

progress

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

prospectors

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RANCH

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

scientists

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

scoundrels

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sense

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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

soon

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

stepped

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

surrounding

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tent

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

Thus

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From this reading Thus it was, that as soon as the lads stepped out of the cut tent, they found no one to oppose their progress.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

Too

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From this reading Too much dependence had been placed on the Greaser guard.

two

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From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

vigilant

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading BACK TO THE RANCH Perhaps, after all, it was due to the peculiar natures of the two professors that Nort and Dick were enabled to make their escape as easily as the lads did.

whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

Wright

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From this reading Primarily Professor Wright and Professor Blair were scientists, whatever else our heroes accused them of in their own minds.

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