Chapter 12 of The High School Boys in Summer Camp is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The High School Boys in Summer Camp is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER! "Now, come in with the sprint!" Dick sang out to Hazelton. "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him. Get through, Harry---some way!
Chapter 12 of The High School Boys in Summer Camp is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “"Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Dick sang out to Hazelton.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “"TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Get through, Harry---some way!”
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “Dick sang out to Hazelton.”
run very fast, usually for a short distance
From this reading “"Now, come in with the sprint!"”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “"TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!”
male cat
From this reading “"Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Now, come in with the sprint!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Dick sang out to Hazelton.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading "TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get through, Harry---some way!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Get through, Harry---some way!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dick sang out to Hazelton.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Now, come in with the sprint!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!
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From this reading "TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, come in with the sprint!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Dick sang out to Hazelton.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading Dick sang out to Hazelton.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Get through, Harry---some way!
run very fast, usually for a short distance
From this reading "Now, come in with the sprint!"
attach a tag or label to
From this reading "TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "TAG" IS THE GAME---TAG MOSHER!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Get through, Harry---some way!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dick sang out to Hazelton.
male cat
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Get through, Harry---some way!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Now, come in with the sprint!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Greg, Dave and Tom, you block him.
Chapter 12 of The High School Boys in Summer Camp by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 202 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 12 holds 202 sentences of The High School Boys in Summer Camp, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The High School Boys in Summer Camp by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 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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