Chapter 27 of The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONCLUSION. "Where do I come in? Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him. Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him. Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
Chapter 27 of The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading “CONCLUSION.”
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading “Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
short and plump
From this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.”
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In this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
In this reading “Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.”
In this reading “Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.”
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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 Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
later than; following
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Where do I come in?
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading CONCLUSION.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Where do I come in?
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
moving with great haste
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Where do I come in?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Where do I come in?
and nothing more
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
staying power
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
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From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Neither of the others paid the slightest attention to him.
short and plump
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading Just then Tubby was about as useless as a fifth wheel to a wagon.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where do I come in?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Won't you let me help?" bawled Tubby, hurrying after his two chums as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
Chapter 27 of The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields by John Henry Goldfrap holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
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