Chapter 31 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ESCAPE--CONCLUSION. At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch. "All quiet?" asked the hunter. "As a churchyard," replied the miner. "How about Berry and Pender?"
Chapter 31 of The Motor Boys Overland is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.”
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading “"How about Berry and Pender?"”
the yard associated with a church
From this reading “"As a churchyard," replied the miner.”
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading “AN ESCAPE--CONCLUSION.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “"All quiet?" asked the hunter.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.”
laborer who works in a mine
From this reading “"As a churchyard," replied the miner.”
(Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
From this reading “At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.”
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 “At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.”
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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 "As a churchyard," replied the miner.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "How about Berry and Pender?"
(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 "All quiet?" asked the hunter.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ESCAPE--CONCLUSION.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "How about Berry and Pender?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As a churchyard," replied the miner.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "All quiet?" asked the hunter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading "How about Berry and Pender?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
the yard associated with a church
From this reading "As a churchyard," replied the miner.
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading AN ESCAPE--CONCLUSION.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading AN ESCAPE--CONCLUSION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How about Berry and Pender?"
someone who hunts game
From this reading "All quiet?" asked the hunter.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
laborer who works in a mine
From this reading "As a churchyard," replied the miner.
(Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How about Berry and Pender?"
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading "All quiet?" asked the hunter.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "As a churchyard," replied the miner.
carry out
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
look attentively
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
which person or people
From this reading At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
Chapter 31 of The Motor Boys Overland by Clarence Young holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 31 holds 191 sentences of The Motor Boys Overland, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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