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The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat
The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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SENDING FOR SAM The waiting of the boys continued longer than any of them had expected.
An hour passed and still no one appeared from the cottage.
"I wonder if there's anything wrong," said Fred as he glanced anxiously at the door.
"I guess not," answered George promptly.
"The girls probably are exhausted, but I don't think there's anything serious.
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The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SENDING FOR SAM The waiting of the boys continued longer than any of them had expected.
Line 2
An hour passed and still no one appeared from the cottage.
Line 3
"I wonder if there's anything wrong," said Fred as he glanced anxiously at the door.
Line 4
"I guess not," answered George promptly.
Line 5
"The girls probably are exhausted, but I don't think there's anything serious.

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An

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and

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From this reading An hour passed and still no one appeared from the cottage.

answered

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anxiously

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From this reading "I wonder if there's anything wrong," said Fred as he glanced anxiously at the door.

any

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From this reading SENDING FOR SAM The waiting of the boys continued longer than any of them had expected.

anything

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appeared

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are

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as

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at

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boys

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but

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continued

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cottage

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don't

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door

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exhausted

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expected

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From this reading SENDING FOR SAM The waiting of the boys continued longer than any of them had expected.

FOR

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Fred

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from

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George

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girls

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glanced

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guess

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had

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he

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hour

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I

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if

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longer

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no

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not

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of

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one

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passed

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probably

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promptly

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said

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SAM

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SENDING

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serious

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still

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than

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The

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them

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there's

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think

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waiting

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From this reading SENDING FOR SAM The waiting of the boys continued longer than any of them had expected.

wonder

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From this reading "I wonder if there's anything wrong," said Fred as he glanced anxiously at the door.

wrong

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Chapter 17 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat by Ross Kay holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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.

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Chapter 17 holds 113 sentences of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 17 of The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat by Ross Kay exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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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