Chapter 9 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah! We win the four-oared race!” “My! but isn’t that a close finish?” “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!” The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
Chapter 9 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cadet” — a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading “The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.”
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
From this reading “The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.”
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
From this reading “TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!”
a victory cheer
From this reading “TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading ““Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!””
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!”
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!”
plural of “yell” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.”
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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 TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
plural of “cadet” — a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
From this reading TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We win the four-oared race!”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
a victory cheer
From this reading TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
any competition
From this reading We win the four-oared race!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We win the four-oared race!”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading TOMMY FLANDERS TRIES A TRICK “Hurrah!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We win the four-oared race!”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading We win the four-oared race!”
plural of “yell” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening.
Chapter 9 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake by Edward Stratemeyer holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 161 sentences of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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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