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Chapter 11 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle." "How's that?" "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water." "Well?" "No, it's not at all well.
Chapter 11 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."”
past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading “ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “"Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."”
large American feline resembling a lion
From this reading “ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."”
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
From this reading “ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “"Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."”
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proceed or get along
In this reading “"Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."”
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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 ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
(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 "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "No, it's not at all well.
past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
large American feline resembling a lion
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How's that?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, it's not at all well.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
engage in
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, it's not at all well.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, it's not at all well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
express in words
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "How's that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
up to a particular time
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ATTACKED BY A COUGAR "I say, Jerry," called Ned, "we're in a sort of a pickle."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, I started to make coffee and I got along all right until I came to the water."
Chapter 11 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains by Clarence Young holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 11 holds 125 sentences of The Motor Boys Across the Plains, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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