Chapter II of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew, “The Rescue,” is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew, “The Rescue,” is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice. “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly. “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.” “Drop, then! Drop into the water, both of you!”
Chapter II of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew, “The Rescue,” is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading ““I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading ““Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading ““Drop, then!”
the act of grasping
From this reading ““If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.””
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading ““Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading ““If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.””
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ““If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.””
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading ““I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.”
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 ““Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.”
In this reading “Drop into the water, both of you!””
In this reading “Drop into the water, both of you!””
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 “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Drop into the water, both of you!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Drop, then!
the act of grasping
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Drop into the water, both of you!”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If I move, I’ll—I’ll lose my—grip.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Drop into the water, both of you!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Drop into the water, both of you!”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Drop, then!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
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 Drop into the water, both of you!”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “I’m afraid to,” Billy whispered brokenly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Can you lift her up a little, Billy?” he asked in a low voice.
Chapter 2 of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew by Robert Shaler holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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 2 holds 117 sentences of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew by Robert Shaler exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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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