Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys on Road and River is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys on Road and River is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STUCK “Well, this is something like living!” “It sure is! The weather man is good to us!” “This beats the auto!” Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys on Road and River is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading ““This beats the auto!””
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading ““This beats the auto!””
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.”
move gently or carefully
From this reading “Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.”
run or move very quickly or hastily
caught or fixed
From this reading “STUCK “Well, this is something like living!””
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather man is good to us!””
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 “Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “This beats the auto!”
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading “This beats the auto!”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
move gently or carefully
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It sure is!
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
caught or fixed
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “It sure is!
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
in the direction of
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather man is good to us!”
(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 STUCK “Well, this is something like living!”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Jerry, Ned, Bob and Andy were taking their ease in the _Scud_, which was making her way down Silver River toward Lake Mogan, which lay fifty miles to the south.
Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys on Road and River by Clarence Young holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 21 holds 112 sentences of The Motor Boys on Road and River, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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