Chapter 13 of The Boy Scout Camera Club is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Boy Scout Camera Club is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read: "You boys are not wanted in the hills. We give you three days to get out. On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand. On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.
Chapter 13 of The Boy Scout Camera Club is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “"You boys are not wanted in the hills.”
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading “On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.”
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “"You boys are not wanted in the hills.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We give you three days to get out.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We give you three days to get out.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
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From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We give you three days to get out.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
get something; come into possession of
From this reading On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.
precisely, exactly
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
not in physical motion
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading THREE DAYS TO MOVE IN Ned took the paper into his hand and read:
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We give you three days to get out.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading On the fifth day you will receive his left hand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You boys are not wanted in the hills.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading On the morning of the fourth day, if you are still here, we shall send you your friend's right hand.
Chapter 13 of The Boy Scout Camera Club by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 13 holds 158 sentences of The Boy Scout Camera Club, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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