Chapter 3 of The High School Boys' Fishing Trip is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The High School Boys' Fishing Trip is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DICK & CO. DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!" "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart. "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade. "Sixteen miles."
Chapter 3 of The High School Boys' Fishing Trip is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading “"Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.”
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading “DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!"”
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “"Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “"How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “"Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.”
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
From this reading “"Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “"Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.”
being one more than fifteen
From this reading “"Sixteen miles."”
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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 DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading DICK & CO.
someone who is a detective
From this reading DICK & CO.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!"
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading "Sixteen miles."
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
a town in central Arizona
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
express in words
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
being one more than fifteen
From this reading "Sixteen miles."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
male cat
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!"
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading DRIVEN UP A TREE "Dick!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
belonging to which person
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes?" replied Prescott, turning and looking back at Tom, whose turn it now was to furnish motive power to the loaded cart.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How far did you say it was from Gridley to the second lake?" asked Reade.
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