Chapter XVI of The Radio Boys at Ocean Point, “A Thankless Rescue,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVI
Chapter XVI of The Radio Boys at Ocean Point, “A Thankless Rescue,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses. “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker. “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?” “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob. “It looks it, doesn’t it?”
Chapter XVI of The Radio Boys at Ocean Point, “A Thankless Rescue,” is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.”
to assume or believe something is true
From this reading ““I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?””
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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 “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
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From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
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From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
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From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It looks it, doesn’t it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
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From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It looks it, doesn’t it?”
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From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It looks it, doesn’t it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
to assume or believe something is true
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two motor boats by now had drawn close together and were holding parallel courses.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That’s just about what we think, all right,” called back Bob.
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From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Hey, you fellows!” yelled Buck Looker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose you think you’ve got a fine, fancy boat there, don’t you?”
