Chapter 1 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Here we go!" "We're off!" "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight." The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast. Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
Chapter 1 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cooked in hot water
From this reading “Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.”
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading “The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.”
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading “Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.”
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.”
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading “Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “"Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."”
with no problems or difficulties
From this reading “The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
cooked in hot water
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Here we go!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here we go!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "We're off!"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
with no problems or difficulties
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
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 Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred by some invisible furnace.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Here we go!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're off!"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which it had been made fast.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
Chapter 1 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat by Ross Kay holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1 holds 101 sentences of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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