Chapter 13 of The movie boys at Seaside Park is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The movie boys at Seaside Park is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALL READY! The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him. This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough. The man slipped and went flat. In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
Chapter 13 of The movie boys at Seaside Park is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading “This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.”
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading “This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.”
a large flow
From this reading “This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.”
past form of “pounce” — move down on as if in an attack
From this reading “In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.”
a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
From this reading “In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.”
an unbroken series of events
From this reading “The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.”
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
From this reading “This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.”
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 “In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.”
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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 The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
(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 READY!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
travel across or pass over
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading The man slipped and went flat.
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
and nothing more
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
a large flow
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
past form of “pounce” — move down on as if in an attack
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading ALL READY!
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading The man slipped and went flat.
an unbroken series of events
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In another minute, as he struggled to his feet, his pursuer pounced upon him.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was caused by the overflow of a combination drinking fountain and horse trough.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The man slipped and went flat.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading The man in advance happened to cross a wet streak on the walk just as Frank and his friends observed him.
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