Chapter 5 of The Boy Scouts to the Rescue is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Boy Scouts to the Rescue is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare. "Our mother," repeated Porky. "Your mother has _WHAT_?" said the captain. "Just repeat it all." "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
Chapter 5 of The Boy Scouts to the Rescue is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading “"Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “"Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.”
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading “"Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.”
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading “"Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “"Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.”
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading “"Just repeat it all."”
recurring again and again
From this reading “"Our mother," repeated Porky.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “"Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.”
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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 "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
later than; following
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Just repeat it all."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Your mother has _WHAT_?" said the captain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Just repeat it all."
and nothing more
From this reading "Just repeat it all."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Our mother," repeated Porky.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Our mother," repeated Porky.
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
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From this reading "Our mother," repeated Porky.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading "Just repeat it all."
recurring again and again
From this reading "Our mother," repeated Porky.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Your mother has _WHAT_?" said the captain.
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Our mother has adopted them," said Porky patiently and distinctly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your what?" asked the captain after a prolonged stare.
Chapter 5 of The Boy Scouts to the Rescue by George Durston holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 418 sentences of The Boy Scouts to the Rescue, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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