Chapter 1 of The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc. “Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?” “Very fast, indeed.” “But can she beat anything along this coast? That’s what I want to know.”
Chapter 1 of The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.”
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading ““But can she beat anything along this coast?”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading ““But can she beat anything along this coast?”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.”
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
From this reading ““Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?””
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.”
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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 “Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
any thing at all
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Very fast, indeed.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
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From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
From this reading “Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec, The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island, Etc.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “But can she beat anything along this coast?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “Very fast, indeed.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That’s what I want to know.”
Chapter 1 of The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 1 holds 196 sentences of The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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