Chapter 17 of The Outdoor Chums is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of The Outdoor Chums is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AFTER THE STORM "Whoop! All hands on deck to pump ship!" "My camera! Oh! where did I put it?" "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
Chapter 17 of The Outdoor Chums is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 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.
coverings that are used on a bed
From this reading “"Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"”
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading “"My camera!”
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading “All hands on deck to pump ship!"”
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading “"Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"”
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading “"Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"”
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
From this reading “All hands on deck to pump ship!"”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “"Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"”
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM "Whoop!”
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.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE STORM "Whoop!
(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 hands on deck to pump ship!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
coverings that are used on a bed
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading "My camera!
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My camera!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
transport commercially
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading AFTER THE STORM "Whoop!
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE STORM "Whoop!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All hands on deck to pump ship!"
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Grab up the bedding and hustle in under the other tent, boys!"
in or at the place that
From this reading Oh! where did I put it?"
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading AFTER THE STORM "Whoop!
Chapter 17 of The Outdoor Chums by Quincy Allen holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 17 holds 120 sentences of The Outdoor Chums, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Outdoor Chums by Quincy Allen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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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