Chapter 10 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!" "Come on now, boys! Lively's the word!" "Hustle along!" "Is she rising any more?"
Chapter 10 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"Hustle along!"”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “"Come on now, boys!”
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading “OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"”
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading “"Hustle along!"”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading “"Is she rising any more?"”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Lively's the word!"”
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anew
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Hustle along!"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Is she rising any more?"
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Come on now, boys!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come on now, boys!
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading "Hustle along!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is she rising any more?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lively's the word!"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Come on now, boys!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Come on now, boys!
above and across; more than
From this reading OFF AGAIN "More dirt over here!"
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading "Is she rising any more?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Is she rising any more?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lively's the word!"
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Lively's the word!"
Chapter 10 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood by Victor Appleton holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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 10 holds 81 sentences of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood by Victor Appleton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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