Chapter 22 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly. "The boys were not spying. They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you." "It was me," said the woman. "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
Chapter 22 of The Motor Boys Across the Plains is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading “THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.”
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading “THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.”
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading “"I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."”
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading “"I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.”
keeping a secret or furtive watch
From this reading “"The boys were not spying.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."”
In this reading “They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
(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 "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "The boys were not spying.
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
immediately past
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It was me," said the woman.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
not any; not one
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "The boys were not spying.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
keeping a secret or furtive watch
From this reading "The boys were not spying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEN OF THE HERMIT "No, no!" said the professor calmly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
hard to endure
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was me," said the woman.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "The boys were not spying.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They happened to see a man and a woman on the shore of the lake last night, and they thought it might have been you."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I was trying to prevent him from coming and killing you all in your sleep."
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