Chapter 17 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!" Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished. "So that's what they were doing at the water hole? If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them." "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
Chapter 17 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a partially opened flower
From this reading “Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."”
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “"Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “"So that's what they were doing at the water hole?”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"”
done under pressure
From this reading “If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"”
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.
In this reading “A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"”
a natural hole or hollow containing water
In this reading “"So that's what they were doing at the water hole?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
later than; following
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
a partially opened flower
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
made known or openly avowed
From this reading "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
an opening into or through something
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
and nothing more
From this reading "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nort exclaimed after Bud had finished.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
done under pressure
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading A NIGHT OF WAITING "The old rascal!"
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 "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
(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 "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "So that's what they were doing at the water hole?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If we had known that we would have taken a chance and rushed them."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Just as well you didn't," Bud declared.
Chapter 17 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River by Willard F. Baker holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 172 sentences of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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