Chapter 19 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!” “I think so myself. Come on. Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack. “That’s the talk!” returned Spouter.
Chapter 19 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 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, and audio.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!””
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!””
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading “Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.”
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading “A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!””
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come on.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think so myself.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I think so myself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Come on.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
above and across; more than
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
an angry dispute
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “That’s the talk!” returned Spouter.
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I think so myself.
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
From this reading “That’s the talk!” returned Spouter.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “That’s the talk!” returned Spouter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUARREL OVER A ROWBOAT “That’s our boat!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That’s the talk!” returned Spouter.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I think so myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let’s row over to them before they have a chance to reach their camp!” cried Jack.
Chapter 19 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake by Edward Stratemeyer holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 19 holds 152 sentences of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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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