Chapter 34 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin. The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin. Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush. Then a man stepped into the clearing. "Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.
Chapter 34 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with no effort to conceal
From this reading “THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.”
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
From this reading “Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.”
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading “"Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.”
a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
From this reading “The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.”
plural of “hoot” — a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
From this reading “Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.”
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
From this reading “The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.”
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
From this reading “THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “"Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.”
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 “THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.”
In this reading “Then a man stepped into the clearing.”
In this reading “THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Then a man stepped into the clearing.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
replying
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
with no effort to conceal
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
uttered without voice
From this reading "Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading Then a man stepped into the clearing.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading "Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.
a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
plural of “hoot” — a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then a man stepped into the clearing.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Then a man stepped into the clearing.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
precisely, exactly
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
in or at or to some place
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading Then a man stepped into the clearing.
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From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading "Smoky Griffin," breathed Tad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD An hour passed before the boys discovered any sign of life about the cabin.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a man stepped into the clearing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The hoot of an owl somewhere off to their right brought Stillman to the door of the cabin.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two quick hoots from Stillman elicited an answering one from the brush.
Chapter 34 of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge by Frank Gee Patchin holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 34 holds 134 sentences of The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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