Chapter 9 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Rio Grande is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Rio Grande is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!” Clay said, dejectedly. “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it! Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things. It might be worse, you know!”
Chapter 9 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Rio Grande is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading ““We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “Clay said, dejectedly.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!””
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!””
a person who takes long walks in the country
From this reading “THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!””
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “It might be worse, you know!””
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 RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!””
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It might be worse, you know!”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading Clay said, dejectedly.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
in a dejected manner
From this reading Clay said, dejectedly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading It might be worse, you know!”
the sound of laughing
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might be worse, you know!”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
by chance
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
a person who takes long walks in the country
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Clay said, dejectedly.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
carry out
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RAMBLER HEARD FROM “He’s got the motor boat in his pocket—perhaps!”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to walk back to Chicago, I take it!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, we may as well laugh as cry, so here goes for the merry side of things.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading It might be worse, you know!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It might be worse, you know!”
Chapter 9 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Rio Grande by Harry Gordon holds 143 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.
Chapter 9 holds 143 sentences of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Rio Grande, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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