Chapter 8 of The Motor Boys Afloat is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Motor Boys Afloat is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft. “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry. “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls. Watch out you don’t run us down. There, they’ve both sunk!
Chapter 8 of The Motor Boys Afloat is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading ““Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.”
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading ““Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.”
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
From this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
inflected form of “plot” — plan secretly, usually something illegal
From this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
the act of guiding or showing the way
From this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “There, they’ve both sunk!”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
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.
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In this reading “PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.”
not act or do anything
In this reading ““You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.”
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 PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
the two together, not just one
From this reading There, they’ve both sunk!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Watch out you don’t run us down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Watch out you don’t run us down.
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
inflected form of “plot” — plan secretly, usually something illegal
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Watch out you don’t run us down.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “Slow down, Chunky!” called Jerry.
be standing; be upright
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
the act of guiding or showing the way
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
doomed to extinction
From this reading There, they’ve both sunk!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, they’ve both sunk!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There, they’ve both sunk!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
in the direction of
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Watch out you don’t run us down.
look attentively
From this reading Watch out you don’t run us down.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
in or at the place that
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
in the company of; together with
From this reading PLOTTING With a turn of the steering wheel Bob sent the _Dartaway_ toward where the girls were making frantic efforts to reach their overturned craft.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You stand by and Ned and I will get the girls.
Chapter 8 of The Motor Boys Afloat by Clarence Young holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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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