Chapter 20 of The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"C.Q.D! C.Q.D.!--HELP!" "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear. "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail." Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
Chapter 20 of The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading “"Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “"Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.”
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
From this reading “"Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.”
the person who steers a ship
From this reading “Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “"We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “"Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.”
in a wise manner
From this reading “Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.”
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading "C.Q.D!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading "C.Q.D!
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
the person who steers a ship
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading C.Q.D.!--HELP!"
in a hoarse or husky voice
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading "C.Q.D!
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've got to cut away what's left of the sail."
in a wise manner
From this reading Neither helmsman could wisely be spared.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Lay along with me, Hank!" bawled the young skipper, hoarsely, in the steward's ear.
Chapter 20 of The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 20 holds 188 sentences of The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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