Chapter 15 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 15 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.
ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!” “This is the life, boys! We ought to have a dandy time!” “Right you are, Fred! Oh, my, what fishing!”
Chapter 15 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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have
From this reading “ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!””
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!””
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading ““This is the life, boys!”
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading “We ought to have a dandy time!””
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading “Oh, my, what fishing!””
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “We ought to have a dandy time!””
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““Right you are, Fred!”
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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 We ought to have a dandy time!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Right you are, Fred!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
have
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “This is the life, boys!
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading We ought to have a dandy time!”
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading Oh, my, what fishing!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Right you are, Fred!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We ought to have a dandy time!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is the life, boys!
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
immediately past
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “This is the life, boys!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, my, what fishing!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my, what fishing!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading We ought to have a dandy time!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Right you are, Fred!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is the life, boys!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We ought to have a dandy time!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading ON THE WAY TO BIG BEAR LAKE “Off at last for Big Bear Lake!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We ought to have a dandy time!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh, my, what fishing!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Right you are, Fred!
Chapter 15 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 15 holds 161 sentences of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 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.
Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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