Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy." "Yes, Fred. Doesn't it seem wonderful? I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face. "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading “JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."”
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading “I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.”
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading “JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “"It would be too bad to go to some punk school."”
an educational institution
From this reading “I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Doesn't it seem wonderful?”
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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 JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
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From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Doesn't it seem wonderful?
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, Fred.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Doesn't it seem wonderful?
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
and nothing more
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
an educational institution
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Doesn't it seem wonderful?
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading JACK IN WALL STREET "Just to think, Jack! a week from to-day we'll be on our way to Colby Hall Military Academy."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I do hope we'll find the school to our liking," returned Jack, with a serious look on his face.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Doesn't it seem wonderful?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would be too bad to go to some punk school."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Fred.
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