Chapter 16 of The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet." "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin. "No trouble. There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy." "How far is it?"
Chapter 16 of The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an equal exchange
From this reading “ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."”
United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
From this reading “There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."”
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
From this reading “ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."”
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."”
one who is employed to saw wood
From this reading “ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."”
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading “There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."”
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In this reading “There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."”
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
In this reading “ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."”
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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 are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
an equal exchange
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
travel across or pass over
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "How far is it?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How far is it?"
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
immediately following in time or order
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
not any; not one
From this reading "No trouble.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
one who is employed to saw wood
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
a source of difficulty
From this reading "No trouble.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Can we go by land?" asked Alvin.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ON BARTER ISLAND "All you have to do is to get off at Sawyer Island, our next landing, and walk back to this inlet."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are two or three bridges to cross and you may have a little tramping to do at the end of your journey, but it is easy."
Chapter 16 of The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot by Edward Sylvester Ellis holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
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