Chapter 19 of The High School Boys' Canoe Club is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The High School Boys' Canoe Club is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"DINKY-BAT! HOT SAIL!" "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close. "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer. "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
Chapter 19 of The High School Boys' Canoe Club is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “"Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.”
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
set up or found
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “HOT SAIL!"”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere
From this reading “"Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.”
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
react verbally
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "DINKY-BAT!
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading HOT SAIL!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
set up or found
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
a town in central Arizona
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading HOT SAIL!"
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
express in words
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Something seems to be wrong with us, I'll admit, sir," Dick made answer.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be greatly obliged to you, sir, if you'll tell me what it is.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Captain Prescott, what is wrong with your boat?" demanded Referee Tyndall, as the judges' launch stole up close.
Chapter 19 of The High School Boys' Canoe Club by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 19 holds 191 sentences of The High School Boys' Canoe Club, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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