Chapter 12 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF. "Whoop! Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys. But Jerry kept straight on. Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
Chapter 12 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.”
plural of “cowboy” — a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
From this reading “Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “But Jerry kept straight on.”
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading “Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.”
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading “"Whoop!”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.”
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 “CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.”
place into the hands or custody of
In this reading “Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.”
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 CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Jerry kept straight on.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
-ing form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.
plural of “cowboy” — a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading But Jerry kept straight on.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading But Jerry kept straight on.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Jerry kept straight on.
above and across; more than
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
successive (without a break)
From this reading But Jerry kept straight on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading CAPTURING A HORSE THIEF.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nearer and nearer he came to the ring.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
look attentively
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading "Whoop!
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Watch it turn over!" yelled some of the cowboys.
Chapter 12 of The Motor Boys Overland by Clarence Young holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 12 holds 146 sentences of The Motor Boys Overland, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Motor Boys Overland by Clarence Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 146 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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