Chapter 15 of The Great Pike's Peak Rush is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Great Pike's Peak Rush is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping. "Our water's gone!" "What!" "It is. There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
Chapter 15 of The Great Pike's Peak Rush is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"”
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading “PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.”
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.”
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading “PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.”
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
From this reading “PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.”
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading “There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"”
possessive form of “water” — 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 “"Our water's gone!"”
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In this reading “There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"”
In this reading “PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.”
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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 There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
opinion or judgment
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Our water's gone!"
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Our water's gone!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading There's not enough to fill a tin cup!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
possessive form of “water” — 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 "Our water's gone!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading PAT CASEY HELPS OUT He hastened back to the cabin with his eyes popping.
Chapter 15 of The Great Pike's Peak Rush by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 15 holds 204 sentences of The Great Pike's Peak Rush, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Great Pike's Peak Rush by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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