Chapter 17 of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap. "No train!" S. S. repeated dully. "Not a sign of one." Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
Chapter 17 of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading “Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.”
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading “Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.”
a period of time spent sleeping
From this reading “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
From this reading “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “"Not a sign of one."”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
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 “TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.”
In this reading “Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Not a sign of one."
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
without liveliness
From this reading S. S. repeated dully.
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
a period of time spent sleeping
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
not any; not one
From this reading "No train!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a sign of one."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Not a sign of one."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Not a sign of one."
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
recurring again and again
From this reading S. S. repeated dully.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading S. S. repeated dully.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading "Not a sign of one."
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading TOUCH AND GO The Black Eagle Patrol stared blankly at Nap.
create by training and teaching
From this reading "No train!"
Chapter 17 of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High by Leslie W. Quirk holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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 169 sentences of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High by Leslie W. Quirk exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 169 sentences, grouped into 34 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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