Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys in New England is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys in New England is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The ponies stampeded. A raging moose wrecks the camp. Chunky up a tree again. Tad shows his resourcefulness. Dishes are made from bark. Dining with nature.
Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys in New England is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading “Chunky up a tree again.”
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called “elk” in Europe and “moose” in North America
From this reading “A raging moose wrecks the camp.”
plural of “pony” — a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “The ponies stampeded.”
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
From this reading “A raging moose wrecks the camp.”
the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
From this reading “Tad shows his resourcefulness.”
past form of “stampede” — cause to run in panic
From this reading “The ponies stampeded.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “Tad shows his resourcefulness.”
plural of “wreck” — something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “A raging moose wrecks the camp.”
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.
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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 A raging moose wrecks the camp.
anew
From this reading Chunky up a tree again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dishes are made from bark.
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading Dishes are made from bark.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading A raging moose wrecks the camp.
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading Chunky up a tree again.
the act of eating dinner
From this reading Dining with nature.
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading Dishes are made from bark.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dishes are made from bark.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tad shows his resourcefulness.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Dishes are made from bark.
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called “elk” in Europe and “moose” in North America
From this reading A raging moose wrecks the camp.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Dining with nature.
plural of “pony” — a range horse of the western United States
From this reading The ponies stampeded.
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
From this reading A raging moose wrecks the camp.
the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
From this reading Tad shows his resourcefulness.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading Tad shows his resourcefulness.
past form of “stampede” — cause to run in panic
From this reading The ponies stampeded.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading Tad shows his resourcefulness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ponies stampeded.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Chunky up a tree again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Chunky up a tree again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dining with nature.
plural of “wreck” — something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading A raging moose wrecks the camp.
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