Chapter 7 of The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?" "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs. I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way." "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?" "Not a word.
Chapter 7 of The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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apart from; not including
From this reading “"I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “"I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “"I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.”
a message received and understood
From this reading “I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"”
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
From this reading “I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “"Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “"I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.”
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.
a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
In this reading “I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."”
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 SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
any thing at all
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
apart from; not including
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
the act of departing
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
a message received and understood
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a word.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
in or at or to some place
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "I don't know, except that it's somewhere out of town and some of the girls and fellows are going to the place in sleighs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I wasn't asked to go, and I got the information in a roundabout way."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading SOMETHING ABOUT A SLEIGHRIDE PARTY "What kind of a party is it, Martha?"
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Not a word.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then Ruth hasn't said anything to you about it?"
Chapter 7 of The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch by Edward Stratemeyer holds 163 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.
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