Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A shrewd game is suspected. "What can it be?" Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise. "Too late! To the chimney!"
Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 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.
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading “To the chimney!"”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “A shrewd game is suspected.”
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.”
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.”
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading “A shrewd game is suspected.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.”
believed likely
From this reading “A shrewd game is suspected.”
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 “"Too late!”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A shrewd game is suspected.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "What can it be?"
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "What can it be?"
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading To the chimney!"
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading A shrewd game is suspected.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A shrewd game is suspected.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "What can it be?"
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "Too late!
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading A shrewd game is suspected.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise.
believed likely
From this reading A shrewd game is suspected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the chimney!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the chimney!"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Too late!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What can it be?"
Chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge by Frank Gee Patchin holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 13 holds 12 sentences of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge by Frank Gee Patchin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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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