Chapter 15 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor. “Good morning to you.” “Same to you,” called down the Kid. “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would. I thought we passed you during the night.
Chapter 15 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “I thought we passed you during the night.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading ““Same to you,” called down the Kid.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading ““Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.”
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
From this reading ““Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.”
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 “I thought we passed you during the night.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Same to you,” called down the Kid.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Same to you,” called down the Kid.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I thought we passed you during the night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good morning to you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Same to you,” called down the Kid.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Good morning to you.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I thought we passed you during the night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading I thought we passed you during the night.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Same to you,” called down the Kid.
express in words
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ESQUIMAUX “Hallo,” shouted Clay from the motor.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Good morning to you.”
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I thought we passed you during the night.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Good morning to you.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Say, that little tub of yours makes better time than I thought she would.
Chapter 15 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon by Harry Gordon holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 15 holds 179 sentences of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon by Harry Gordon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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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