Chapter 24 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort! Pull him back out of the heat and call the others! We've got to save those men!" "What's the matter?" Dick cried as he came up.
Chapter 24 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Dick cried as he came up.”
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading “Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “"What's the matter?"”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!”
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
From this reading “THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!”
except for; apart from
From this reading “We've got to save those men!"”
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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bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “Dick cried as he came up.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles
From this reading THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter?"
the force of workers available
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Pull him back out of the heat and call the others!
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
From this reading THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!
except for; apart from
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RATTLING BUCKBOARD "Quick, Nort!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dick cried as he came up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We've got to save those men!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter?"
Chapter 24 of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River by Willard F. Baker holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 24 holds 229 sentences of The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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