Chapter 11 of The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke. The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping. "We are prisoners here? Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin. "That's about it, I reckon.
Chapter 11 of The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.”
weak from exhaustion
From this reading “The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.”
offensive term for a homosexual man
From this reading “Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “"We are prisoners here?”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"That's about it, I reckon.”
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading “The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.”
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading “The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.”
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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 TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "That's about it, I reckon.
a formal public statement
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "We are prisoners here?
weak from exhaustion
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "We are prisoners here?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's about it, I reckon.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
a particular point in time
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
offensive term for a homosexual man
From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
not any; not one
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading "We are prisoners here?
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "That's about it, I reckon.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
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From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
not in physical motion
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
successive (without a break)
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's about it, I reckon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
hard to endure
From this reading A TRYING TIME For a moment following the announcement no one spoke.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We are prisoners here?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
belonging to which person
From this reading The Professor gazed straight into the stern face of the guide, whose whiskers were still drooping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is that it, Nance?" stammered Professor Zepplin.
Chapter 11 of The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon by Frank Gee Patchin holds 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
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